On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 12:39:04PM +0800, Ian C. Sison wrote: > Some mobos have broken BIOS in that if an OS issues a call to reboot, > it doesn't \8( i have just such a box beside me now. Thing is, it's > erratic, but mostly fails rather than succeeds. > > Solution? Change the motherboard!
The newer Linux kernels have an option in their APM settings that allows you to work around broken BIOSes. Try recompiling your kernel with the use real-mode APM BIOS call to power off option enabled. -- Rafael R. Sevilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +63(2) 8177746 ext. 8311 Programmer, Inter.Net Philippines +63(917) 4458925 http://dido.ph.inter.net/ OpenPGP Key ID: 0x5CDA17D8 Heute die Welt und Morgen das Sonnensystem! _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
