I have an i386 machine purchased about 4 years ago (Hewlett-
Packard Pavillion) that ran etch (upgraded later to Lenny) and
Windows XP as a dual boot. An attempt to upgrade to squeeze led
me to try to install squeeze from scratch, using a netinst CD.
When I try to boot, I see briefly, before the grub menu:
8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC.
The subsequent boot attempt from grub has the monitor briefly display
a "signal out of range" and then go dark. (I've tried two different monitors)
Somebody suggested that I add the command "noapic" at the grub prompt.
Grub displays a debian kernel, 2.6.32-5-686,
which I highlight and then type "e",
which gives me a display:
> insmod part_msdos
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set blahblah
> echo 'Loading Linux blahblah
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-blahblah
> echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.32-5-686
I add the word
noapic
at the end of the line beginning "linux", then control-x to boot,
and get the same dark screen as before.
I've gotten (some) access to the machine using the rescue mode on
the installer, and tried to find a file which I could edit to include
the magic word "noapic". There is no file /boot/grup/grub.conf
There is a file /boot/grub/grub.cfg. At the top it says:
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates from
# /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub.
/etc/default/grub does not have any line containing the string vmlinu.
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The only way I have been able to shut the machine off is by shutting
off the power, which is probably not a Good Thing.
In response to shutdown in rescue mode, it says
/dev/initcl: no such file
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