On Saturday 12 September 2009, Fernando Cassia wrote: >On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Tom Horsley <tom.horsley@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:58:46 -0300 >> >> Fernando Cassia wrote: >>> So... how do I make it boot with ACPI and APIC disabled?!?!. It >>> displays the logo and the message "Fedora will boot in x seconds..." >>> the countdown starts but I tried pressing F1, Space, Enter, and >>> nothing displays a menu or boot prompt. >> >> Usually hitting a key makes it stop for me. Are you using a USB >> keyboard? Is there a BIOS option to turn on BOIS usb keyboard >> support? Being unresponsive to the keyboard was a symptom I >> noted when I got a new motherboard till I found the USB options >> in the bios. > >This system uses an infrared keyboard wired to they keyboard port (no >drivers needed on any OS). >However, I do not have access to the BIOS screen (Gateway locked >people out, it was an internet appliance). > >If I manage to boot any OS, I can type. I just cannot seem to stop the >countdown from the Fedora 11 LiveCD. >FC Huh? Take the cd out of the drive then. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> "The chain which can be yanked is not the eternal chain." -- G. Fitch -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
