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Trying without success to get Linux to boot (M4E)

helrich
Level 7
I've tried Slackware, Gentoo, and Mint but during boot they all hang on udev pci initialization. Tried adding flags noacip and acpi=off (got these tips from other forums) but nada. Anyone have luck booting linux on the M4E? Are there some BIOS settings that need tweaked? Thanks.
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Area_66
Level 11
I will put a HD temporary to try tomorrow ...... have you try to dissable the onboard iGPU and other useless stuff ?

HiVizMan
Level 40
I have had no problem with two of my systems. Using the basic Ubuntu install I downloaded. And seem to recall I used Puppy for a demo too.

Installs no problems here.
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Area 66 wrote:
I will put a HD temporary to try tomorrow ...... have you try to dissable the onboard iGPU and other useless stuff ?


Everything is for the most part default aside from voltages and clocks. I do use the Intel RAID for my boot drives and was fully prepared to get my hands dirty in dmraid to get the partitions recognized and all that. But I never even got that far, as it was hanging while booting LiveCDs. I'll head into the BIOS and turn anything that even smells like "gimmick" off.

HiVizMan wrote:
I have had no problem with two of my systems. Using the basic Ubuntu install I downloaded. And seem to recall I used Puppy for a demo too.

Installs no problems here.


I might try Ubuntu just to see if it works. That's probably a pretty lenient distro as far as hardware is concerned. Really any Linux is better than Cygwin or Windows Telnet clients for doing my work remotely!

Thanks for the replies guys.

Area_66
Level 11
Mint and Ubuntu are prety the same as far as the installation. I suspect your raid as something to do with your problem.

silis
Level 7
I prefer use linux with vmware much less hassle-free.
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