Re: Cannot unlock spinlock... Was: Problem in yenta.c, 2nd edition

Doug McNaught (doug@wireboard.com)
07 Nov 2001 10:04:35 -0500


Jan Marek <linux@hazard.jcu.cz> writes:

> I'm sorry, but this is the Compaq Armada notebook and in its BIOS
> I can't disable even ACPI or this device :-((( Maybe it is
> possible in special "BIOS setup program" which can be load from
> Compaq rescue partition: however I remove this partition :-(

Have you checked Compaq's website? I know for their desktop and
server systems you can download setup floppy images that give you all
the functionality of the rescue partition (and IIRC let you recreate
the partition if you want to). Perhaps the same is true for your
laptop.

-Doug

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