Failure to probe devices

[Mike Jeays]

Lowell Gilbert wrote:

>Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays at rogers.com> writes:
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>>I am not sure what else there is to post.  The machine gets to the
>>point where
>>it says something like "Probing devices - this may take a while", and then
>>nothing else happens.  I read the 5.1 errata, and tried switching from APIC
>>to PIC, and disabling the on-board sound card, but this made no difference.
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>How about disabling the ACPI support (also described in the errata)?
>How about trying 5.2?  [or 4.9 if you'd prefer it "just work"]
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Great.  Disabling ACPI enables me to boot, so I can proceed from there. 
 Thanks
very much.

I am upgrading because I want better support for my USB flash drive, which
is buggy under 4.7.  I know it works with 5.1 on another machine.  I 
will try
5.2 soon.