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  From: Craig Markwardt <craigm@pcasun3.gsfc.nasa.gov>
  To  : Kevin Collins <kevcol@netgate.net>
  Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 19:09:34 -0400 (EDT)

boot: (-1% unknown)

Kevin Collins writes:
 > Hi-
 > 
 > I am trying to get to the bottom of someone's apm problem on a Pro-Star
 > laptop (I am afraid I do not have the model number). Basically, even
 > though they have a charged battery, the boot message reports this:
 > 
 > Starting up APM daemon: apmd[122]: On-line: ***(-1% unknown)
 > 
 > This is behaviour that one usually sees in a desktop system that someone
 > has apm loading upon boot and therefore with no battery.

I used to have a laptop like that.  I concluded that either the BIOS
does not support smart batteries, or else the battery itself was not
smart.  When I ran it under Window (yech!) it had the same behavior --
no battery reporting.  I take that back, I think I got "battery low"
warnings, but no percentages.  Can you reproduce the behavior under
Windows?

Regards,
Craig