2015-11-11, 02:57
(2015-11-11, 02:54)rodalpho Wrote:(2015-11-09, 09:01)fritsch Wrote:Not even for under an hour, just to install a different kernel? Does it permanently damage the hardware somehow, is that what you're saying?(2015-11-09, 01:09)rodalpho Wrote: Good point, booting with acpi=off allows you to avoid installing 15.04 just to upgrade it.
No (!) and no (!) and no(!) - never do this on modern hardware!
I haven't found anything to substantiate this, just that OS-level power management is disabled. Firmware-level safeguards for processor temp, etc are still in effect, as far as I can tell. Though my CPU never got even above 60°C when installing 15.10