Thomas T. Thai wrote:

> kernels. I don't think there is a BIOS setting in the PowerEdge 8450 
> to disable HTT. It uses PIII Xeons. I'll try to get the latest kernel 
> (as of lastnight, instead of 3/17) compiled (may take several reboots) 
> and test that out.

Using the same kernel (GENERIC), the next three reboot (via reset 
button), the system booted up only to:

...
root on ld0a dumps on ld0b
root file system type: ffs
[FROZEN]

Cap lock, Num lock, etc still can be toggled on and off.

Regards,
Thomas