In the XP install, right at the beginning where it say press F6 to install
3rd party drivers, press F5 and you'll get a menu of what kind of system you
want to install.  You can avoid ACPI there and select the generic HAL.

Ben Moore


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Glazier" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Windows XP/machine problems


> Two things come to mind.
> Your BIOS can't be compatible with XP since XP changes all the rules about
> how a BIOS and the OS inter-react... (This is a feature, not a bug...)
> Some where right near the beginning of the XP installation, you need to
hit a key
> that will allow you to "force" a generic HAL. (Hardware Abstraction
Layer.)
> You want one with NO power management. (That is what ACPI stands for.)
>
> As far as files not found when you KNOW they are there during an install.
> I get that when my RAM is marginally defective.  You might want to beg,
(or
> borrow) some different RAM.   Good luck...
>
>                                  Rick Glazier
>
> From: "GeorgeMary" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > Machine is homebuilt...AOpen MX3ZA motherboard w/Award BIOS rev 1.02
Oct
> > 99...latest version I could find.  Celeron running at 400mhz, 192m RAM,
30G
> > WD harddrive, samsung CDROM and HiVal CDRW.  System was Windows XP SP1.
> > After a failed linux install with a bad CD my XP installation would not
> > boot.  The partitioning to ext3 and swap was already done. I tried to
> > reinstall, but the setup said it couldn't copy various files(usually
> > qdvd.dll among others) and would exit when I tried to skip the files.  I
> > then copied the XP CD to the Harddrive and tried from there.  Still same
> > response.  Figuring a hardware problem I reformated and installed
Windows
> > 98se from the CD and everything went fine...from either drive.  I then
tried
> > to reinstall XP.  The files seemed to copy OK but then after the initial
> > restart I got a black screen saying Line 157 of INF file \txtsetup.sif
is
> > invalid.  I tried to look at line 157 of the file while in Win98, but
there
> > were no line numbers.  A Google search on the file had something to do
with
> > ACPI, so I changed the line as they(JSI) suggested, but still the same
> > response.  I have torn the machine apart and reassembled, disabled cache
in
> > BIOS (desperate) and nothing seems to change.  Rapidly approaching the
hair
> > removal stage.  Has anyone had this or a similar problem?
> > George&Mary Skokan ([log in to unmask])

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