[mdlug] Consequences of 'noacpi'?

[Aaron Kulkis]

Ingles, Raymond wrote:
>   I installed Xubuntu last night, and after installation and updating,
 > I can boot from the hard drive without the 'noacpi' option, so that's good.
>
>   There were a couple minor issues, though. While running the live CD,
 > I shrank an NTFS partition, which took a while. Then I decided to reboot,
 > and chose the default install option. The install used the newly-unallocated
 > space, but (a) didn't give me the option to control the partitioning myself,

This is one reason why I like opensuse

*buntu is all about keeping things as "dumbed down" as possible
so as to not scare away Windows users -- apparently, many are
befuddled and bewildered by choice and having control.

Gnome tends to be the same way, which is why I won't run it
(even if they did get the windows of the core Gnome apps properly
laid out so that they didn't require huge amounts of real estate
on the screen (virtual estate?)).

 > and (b) the install progress dialog disappeared partway through the install.
 > Just a black screen with an animated 'waiting' cursor, though I could move
 > the cursor around. Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get a virtual terminal showed it was still
 > working, though, and it did finish.
>
>   I'll probably reinstall again tonight; wipe out the single partition and
 > redo things with my own scheme. But I'm glad to see that I won't need the
 > 'noacpi' bit.
>
>   Sincerely,
>
>   Ray Ingles                                              (313) 227-2317
>
>   "It's a hilarious double-standard that you actually have to pick up a
>   gun and kill somebody to be considered a 'militant' believer, but all
>   you have to do to be considered a 'militant' atheist is write a book."
>                               - Chet