I know i will sound dumb for this but where is the kernel line i have to edit the bootloader config and add "no apm" to it.

"where is the kernel line"

I think that what you are looking for is the append line in your bootloader config file. If you are using lilo you probably need something like:

append = "no apm"

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If your using lilo, look in the lilo.conf file, on mandrake it's /etc/lilo.conf not sure in redhat though and add it to the append= line. If your using grub can't help you there.

grub for mandrake

/boot/grub/menu.1st

you will find lines like this
title linux
kernel (hd0,2)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 acpi=off
initrd (hd0,2)/boot/initrd.img

see the kernel line and how to turn off acpi

edit that file after saving a back up and then reboot to see if it worked.

I don't have an issue with apm so I presume you know best

but when exactly can i do this? Do i have to reinstall red hat 8.0? I am complety confused I have only been trying to use linux a week now and am not always sure where to go to type in what i am supposed to type.

You don't have to reinstall anything. Just open /boot/grub/grub.conf and look for a stanza like this:

title Shrike (2.6.0-test9)
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-test9 ro root=/dev/hda6 nogui

Add the phrase 'apm=off' to the 'kernel' line so that it looks like this, for example:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-test9 ro root=/dev/hda6 nogui apm=off

Then restart your system. GRUB doesn't need any reinstallation commands.

#pwd
/boot/grub
# cat grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-20.9)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-20.9.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-6)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-6 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-6.img

I think kernel is in /boot

Change this line:

kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi

to:

kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi apm=off