Created Thursday 30 March 2017
Watchdog is not needed in our case (mainly servers I believe).
Boot Parameter
# To disable the Watchdog, add nowatchdog to the boot parameter
# Edit /etc/default/grub and edit the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT variable
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quite splash nowatchdog"
# And generate a new grub-config
$ grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Blacklist Module
# Once disabled, blacklist the module from loading
# Edit/create /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and add the following to a new line
install iTCO_wdt /bin/false