Comment 6 for bug 363868

Leo

Thanks for the email...

First, I'll try turning off ACPI and see if it makes a difference and will email results later (hate to have to make that change tho to get this to work - if it does)

Second... so far its ONLY with Jaunty 9.04 that this happens and it does crash out into the busy-box.

If I use Jaunty 9.04 to create a USB thunb drive but use say Intrepid 8.10 or Hardy 8.04 --- the USB boots fine.

Brian Mullan
cell 919-345-5600

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From: Leo Milano <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 8:00:48 AM
Subject: [Bug 363868] Re: BIOS does not provide ACPI _PSS objects in a way that Linux understands, Foxconn A7GM-S 2.0

Brian, this BIOS bug should not prevent you from booting, it just makes
the powernow-k8 exit with an error, so you don't get cpu scaling. If
you'd like to contribute to the report, please look at the info I
provided above. What matters is the BIOS info. Just to make sure, you
may try this (acpi=off is good for a start)

http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/debug.php

What's preventing you from booting from USB might be the same that's
happening to me: an issue with the USB modules. Try this: boot in
Recovery mode. If/when you see that after a few seconds the login is
halted, remove and reinsert the usb drive. This happens to me at around
5 seconds. Reinserting the pendrive allows me to keep booting (the usb
media is now properly recognized). But let's keep this bug report on
topic. This USB issue must be reported separately. If you do, please
notify me here and I'll post in the other bug report.

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BIOS does not provide ACPI _PSS objects in a way that Linux understands, Foxconn A7GM-S 2.0
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