Power off still failed even acpi=off and apm=off

[Wong Kwok-hon]

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 23:14:01 +0000, James Wilkinson
<james at westexe.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Wong Kwok-hon wrote:
> > I re-installed the Fedora Core 3 with acpi=off and apm=off at
> > installation prompt.
> >
> > I typed :linux acpi=off apm=off when install but still failed to power
> > off the machine with same symptom "power_off call"
> 
> To the best of my knowledge, you need either (the appropriate parts of)
> ACPI or APM enabled for this to work: soft power down was physically not
> possible on standard PCs until the ATX standard was brought out, and
> support for it was provided first with APM, then also with ACPI.
> 
> James.

Thanks James and my problem fixed after just used acpi=off.


Ringo