[nflug] not booting w/out acpi=off boot option

[vlok stone]

Peter, somehow I knew if any had come across this you
had.  I actually got it working by adding apm=on. I'll
try the acpi=ht option. Thanks. 

--- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:

> vlok stone wrote:
> > Hi all, I'm having an issue w/ a Compaq Presario
> > SR1103WM. I need to pass the acpi=off for it to
> boot.
> > My
> > problem is that it won't shut down. You have to
> > manually 
> > power down after it says "system halted". The bios
> has
> > shadow going but no way to turn it off. Any ideas?
> >
> > First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,
> then they fight you, then you win
> > - Mohandas Gandhi
> >
> >
> >  
> >
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> When you completely shut off acpi, you remove the
> ability for it to
> power off as well. Try booting with acpi=ht, this
> turns off all acpi
> functions except hyper threading, it will probably
> power off for you then.
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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win
- Mohandas Gandhi


 
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