All,
I set up a new AMD computer (moved disk from previous Intel computer). After some struggles with bios settings, I got it to boot properly and updated for the new hardware. All seemed fine, but then it started "crashing" when left alone. From Googling, it seems that it has something to do with the bios powering down drives that aren't in use, but then not being able to power them back up. When it "crashes" (goes into a coma?), I have to use the power button to turn it off and then back on. As it starts up, the root partition is clean, but home has to be recovered - which seems to indicate that it is indeed an issue with the mobo/bios turning off the root drive. I found a Linux site that suggested this line in dmesg as a symptom: > [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0) The solution was to turn of C-states in the bios. I forget the exact wording right now, but I could not find it in my bios. I tried to turn off everything that seemed related to power saving, but several did not have an "off" option. So, I am still getting the error. For now, I set up a cron job to move a file from /root to /tmp every 15 minutes. This seems to work, but it is obviously not a long term solution. I checked for a bios update, but there was not one available. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there maybe a /sys/ or /proc/ file I can tweak to avoid bios powering things off? Thanks. -- Chris Spackman [email protected] ESL Coordinator The Graham Family of Schools ESL Instructor Columbus State Community College MA TESOL Adjunct Ohio Dominican University
