Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 23:10:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/6506: system will not soft reboot Message-ID: <199805040610.XAA26030@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/6506; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> To: morris@barvennon.com, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Subject: Re: kern/6506: system will not soft reboot Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 02:10:41 -0400 On Sun, May 03, 1998 at 10:33:51PM -0700, morris@barvennon.com wrote: > hardware - ibm "value point" 486dx-33 8MB RAM, 203mb HD [...] > Syncing discs... 8 8 6 done > rebooting... > keyboard reset did not work, attempting CPU shutdown This seems to be a fairly common problem with 486 motherboards. My old one did it, and the problem is reported here occasionally. Typically, these motherboards can be rebooted using Linux, if the kernel command-line option "reboot=bios" is supplied. A colleague tried to port the relevant kernel code to FreeBSD, but we were not able to get it to reboot my motherboard. I don't have that motherboard, so I cannot provide any more assistance in that regard. Perhaps this is enough of a clue for somebody who is so inclined to pursue it... -- Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> * Stay close to the Vorlon. http://mph124.rh.psu.edu/~mph/pgp.key for PGP public key 0x67203349. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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