0fSPECIAL BOOT PARAMETERS - VARIOUS HARDWARE07 09F607 You can use the following boot parameters at the 0fboot:07 prompt, in combination with the boot method (see <09F307>). If you use hex numbers you have to use the 0x prefix (e.g., 0x300). 0f HARDWARE PARAMETER TO SPECIFY07 IBM PS/1 or ValuePoint (IDE disk) 0fhd=0bcylinders0f,0bheads0f,0bsectors07 Some IBM ThinkPads 0ffloppy.floppy=thinkpad07 Protect I/O port regions 0freserve=0biobase0f,0bextent07[0f,0b...07] Laptops with screen display problems 0fvga=77107 Use first serial port at 9600 baud 0fconsole=ttyS0,9600n807 Force use of generic IDE driver 0fall_generic_ide=107 Possible (temporary) workarounds for lockups or other hardware failures: disable buggy APIC interrupt routing 0fnoapic nolapic07 (partly) disable ACPI 0facpi=noirq07 or 0facpi=off07 disable USB 0fnousb07 poll for interrupts 0firqpoll07 For example: boot: install vga=771 noapic nolapic Press F1control and F then 1 for the help index, or ENTER to