uable to load system description tables

[Sundar Nagarajan]

Kevin Jones wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I recently tried to upgrade to I I 8.10
> I have an old Hewlett Packard Pavillion
> When I tried to upgrade to I.I.
> 8.10 I was  asked to reboot.
> The result is after grub loading I get this message
> 
> A 02811201
> ACPI: unable to load systems descriptions tables.
> 
> No matter which linux program I run (I tried to run the knoppix live dvd)
> I cannot start a session.
> 
> Any  help would be welcome
> 
> kevin Jones
> 

Try adding "acpi=force" or "acpi=off" to the kernel command line. I 
believe that if you have a BIOS from earlier than 2000, you need acpi=off

Sundar.