Some more comment for those unfamilar with Linux but stumbling here from an internet search: I added the line above in the file: /boot/grub/menu.lst My entry now looks like this:
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic uuid ... kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic <other options> acpi_os_name=Linux initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic quiet
Some more comment for those unfamilar with Linux but stumbling here from an internet search: I added the line above in the file: /boot/grub/menu.lst My entry now looks like this:
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27- 7-generic <other options> acpi_os_name=Linux img-2.6. 27-7-generic
uuid ...
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-
initrd /boot/initrd.
quiet