[CentOS] APM on SMP kernel

Mon Apr 25 12:00:41 UTC 2005
Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17 at duke.edu>

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 at 12:56pm, Nigel Kendrick wrote

> I'm Currently running Centos 3.4 on an old Dell PowerEdge with dual PIII-450
> processors.
> 
> I know from searching that 'APM is not SMP safe' and so when I choose to
> reboot the server someone has to hit the power button to power down and then
> restart it. 
> 
> Most of the Web-based info I have found on APM and SMP is dated 2000-2002 so
> can anyone update me on whether there is now any way round this to allow an
> unattended reboot?

Add "apm=power-off" to the kernel line in your grub.conf.

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Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University