CentOS4 upgradeany hangs while loading sata_via

[crichey at gmail.com (Collins Richey)]

On 4/16/05, Norbert Kiesel <nkiesel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 19:34 -0700, Norbert Kiesel wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a machine running under CentOS 3.4 which I want to upgrade to
> > CentOS 4.  I booted using the CentOS 4 CD1 using "linux upgradeany".
> 
> Ok, got it going with "acpi=off".  Any downside if I have to use this
> for booting after the install, too?
> 

The only thing that I'm aware of is that you will not get an automatic
power down at shutdown. You'll have to physically turn off the power
switch.

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 Collins
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