How to disable NMI watchdog?

[Subhas Sing <subhas_sing@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello, I am trying to install vmware server in Fedora 16. I tried to disable NMI watchdog kernel parameter. Can anybody please let me know how do it ? I followed following procedure but without success!!

• $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog

 

If you get a '1', then the feature is enabled  and must be turned off or VMs will mysteriously crash. To turn off  nmi_watchdog is different for Fedora 15 and Fedora 16:

 

• [5] Fedora 15: Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and add “nmi_watchdog=0” to the kernel line.
• [5] Fedora 16: Edit /etc/default/grub and add “nmi_watchdog=0” to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX. Then run:

  
  # grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg”

  
  to rebuild the grub configuration.

Now, reboot the system and check the /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog parameter again to make sure you see a '0'.

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1891427 

Thanks,

Subhas

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