boot Kernel Parameter “acpi=off noapic” through GRUB

[Scott Ruckh]

This is what you said Shankar Jha
> Are you using Celeron processor?
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> On 8/10/06, Arun Williams <perks_williams at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
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>> Ya I know that.. But
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>>   Please let me know if this is an expected behavior.
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>> Shankar Jha <shankar.jha at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi I have a solution.
>> In BIOS enable the acpi support.
>> By default it will disable.
>> It will work fine.
>> Shankar RHCE
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>> On 8/10/06, Shankar Jha wrote:
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>> > Hi,
>> > I have the same problem.I did lot but no answer.It happens in RHEL-4 .
>> > any idea.
>> > Shankar(RHCE)
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>> > On 8/10/06, Arun Williams
>> wrote:
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>> > > When I pass a boot Kernel Parameter "acpi=off noapic" through GRUB,
>> my
>> > > server doesn't power down completely. I.e. the server doesn't cut
>> down
>> > > power automatically, but holds at "Power Down" (message).
>> > >
>> > > Please let me know if this is an expected behavior. Also let me know
>> > > what does that noapic means

I have the same behavior on a Mandriva 2006.0 installation (Virtual Machine).