On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I am experiencing the following problem while booting Fedora 19: >> >> smpboot: CPU2: Not responding. >> >> The computer seems to be blocked. Is there some way of rebooting it >> without having to power off the computer? > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > > nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel, > and disable the IO APIC. legacy for "maxcpus=0" > > > however, if one CPU or core doe snot respond > all the time assume your hardware is dying Thanks, Reindl. The issue was caused by the fact that I rebooted the computer without having disconnected the external disk before. Since a hard power off, the computer has worked just fine. But I was keen to avoid the hard power off, as someone told me that it is maleficent for the hard drive. However, it seems that that opinion is not unanimous according to the discussions I have consulted meanwhile -- many claim that a hard power off is pretty safe regarding hardware. Paul -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
