CentOS - Apr 2005 - APM on SMP kernel

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?

Thanks

Nigel Kendrick

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.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University

Not sure exactly what I am using (default install), but I run Cent on at
least a half dozen machines with 2-8 CPUs and issue the reboot command
with no problems.  
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> 
> 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?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Nigel Kendrick
> 
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