[ltp] Fedora Core 3 ACPI Strongarm

[Alex Deucher]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:39:38 -0600 (CST), Chris Schumann
<cschumann@twp-llc.com> wrote:
> OK, I installed Fedora Core 3 on my 600X last night. When it boots, it
> proclaims that my BIOS is too old to support ACPI, even though it works
> very well with Windows XP, thanks.
> 
> I just have to edit my grub config file, right?

Yup.

> 
> Who thought it was a good idea to limit that, anyway?

Many acpi bioses prior to 1999 (especially desktops) were buggy, hence
the limit.  ACPI also works fine on my t20 in linux if I force it on.

Alex

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> Chris S
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