Have trick, not sure where to document...

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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Ravi Pokala writes:

> If the system has IPMI, there are ways to configure it such that it will enable the watchdog during POST, then disable it when it 
> hands off to the OS. At which time, of course, the OS can re-enable it.

It does not.

I specifically do *not* want it to turn the watchdog off when handing
to the OS, I want to catch problems that cause hanging during boot,
so that I, with suitable patience (or automation), can catch it
next time it resets.

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