On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla wrote: > > 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.
I think the problem was rebooting the server, not powering it down _ 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]
