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

[Cyber Source]

vlok stone wrote:
> 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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Yep I come across this stuff all the time. I'm currently struggling with
a pos msi motherboard with a really bad bios and buggy timer for the
io-apic. Nothing like pouring hours of work into a pos $40 dollar
motherboard.....
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