I didn't see any ACPI option to turn it off, however I should first know what is it ! My system is not a laptop but it almost old. It is a PIII (933 Mhz) with 192 MB RAM. I think maybe it crashes because it needs more memory from RAM ? Can it be ? --- Paul <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > > Does anybody know anything about Linux disc > utility > > programs ? My system with fc3 crashes often > specially > > when it goes into standby mode. I want to check > > harddisk to see if there any problem, however I > think > > it is more possible that the problem comes from > RAM. > > The hard drive is normally checked on boot up. What > you can do to force > this is to just switch off and switch back on. When > the system boots, it > will inform you of a premature shut down and ask if > you want to check > the drive. Say yes then. > > Are you running on a laptop and if you are, how old > is it? If it is > older than (say) 2000, reboot and when it gives you > the kernel version > to boot, press e to edit and add onto the end > ACPI=off and see if this > cures the problem. > > > I > > am looking for any disk checking software like > Norton > > Disc Doctor for Windows. Can anybody help ? > > fsck will do a physical check on drives while > memtest86 will do a memory > test (it can take ages though) > > TTFN > > Paul > -- > "I like blinking me" - Helen, Big Brother 2 > contestant > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
