Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 21:13:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: netnology@psinet.net.au Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: shutdown command Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970825211215.2930R-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970825131557.00960690@mail.psinet.net.au>
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On Mon, 25 Aug 1997 netnology@psinet.net.au wrote: > Hi there, > > I have a problem using freebsd 2.2.2 running on an AMD 586 133 chip. > Everything works fine except for restarting the machine. The command > "shutdown -r now" used to force a reboot, seems to be working, sync's the > disks and then does nothing. I leave it for about 20-25 minutes and still > it won't restart. The "shutdown now" command works fine, but now with the > "-r" option. This used to work when using 2.0.5, but since the upgrade - > nothing. This happens on some systems, and there isn't much you can do for it. Blame it on cheap hardware. There is a kernel option called `BROKEN_KEYBOARD_RESET' that you could compile with and that would try a more direct method of rebooting the system. See LINT for usage. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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