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SubjectRe: why use ACPI (Re: 2.6.10-rc2 doesn't boot (if no floppy device))
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 08:23:33PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
>...
> I don't think I've ever seen a desktop without APM.
> (modulo broken biosen).
>...

For my old computer (bought 1998) this was true.

Unfortunately, my new computer (bought early this year) says:
kernel: apm: BIOS not found.

I don't know whether it's a hardware problem or "only" a BIOS problem,
but it forces me to use ACPI to power off my computer. :-(

> Dave

cu
Adrian

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