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Date:      Tue, 31 Oct 2000 13:02:15 -0500 (EST)
From:      missing <missing@link.umd.edu>
To:        "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Compaq Deskpro hangs on reboot
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010311259300.19219-100000@link.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <39FF0151.763CF7AB@we.lc.ehu.es>

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I had a similiar prob on a Dell PowerEdge ...
I set 'reserved memory' to 'none'.

On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Jose M. Alcaide wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have just installed 4.1.1-RELEASE on eight Compaq Deskpro EP with no
> exotic hardware (dmesg output attached). Now I have two problems with
> these machines. First, any access to the floppy disk causes a complete
> lockup. I have to compile a kernel with DDB for finding more data
> about this problem.
> 
> The other problem got me surprised: these Compaqs hang just after reboot.
> When doing a reboot(8), the disks are synced and the system is halted,
> but just after displaying the "rebooting..." message, the screen goes
> black and the system hangs. Only a power off-on cycle "works". The
> same happens if I press any key after doing a halt(8).
> 
> I built a kernel with apm support, and "halt -p" powers off the machine,
> but reboot continues to fail. I really don't have any idea about what
> could be the cause of this problem. Any help will be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Cheers,
> -- JMA
> ****** Jose M. Alcaide  //  jose@we.lc.ehu.es  //  jmas@FreeBSD.org ******
> ** "Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers" --  Leonard Brandwein **



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