Montreal Wed Feb 3 17:18:14 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *- On 3 Feb, John Goerzen wrote about "Re: [whine] "Power down." vs "System > halted."" > > On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 02:26:44PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > >> I belive we now use the POWER_OFF mechanism by default as machines with > >> APM bioses and ATX power supplies actualy do shut off. > > > > My Alpha, which has zero APM suport either in the BIOS or in the kernel, > > also displays that message. > > > > Hmm, my P233 still shows 'System halted'. APM in Bios is disabled and > no APM in kernel and not ATX power supply.
For the record, I have APM disabled and don't have ATX. Thanks all for the help. I now understand the change/difference and I've gathered that removing the -p should revert back to the old situation. -N.
