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Date:      Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:53:31 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Jay Chandler <chandler@chapman.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Machine won't reboot
Message-ID:  <20061113215331.GA54707@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <DC79C7D6-0293-45FF-B4BF-9C754DD8070A@chapman.edu>
References:  <DC79C7D6-0293-45FF-B4BF-9C754DD8070A@chapman.edu>

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On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 01:43:45PM -0800, Jay Chandler wrote:
> Howdy.
>=20
> Have a box that won't restart after I cvsup it and rebuild the OS.  =20
> When the 'reboot' command is given, the machine hangs after the =20
> uptime announcement.
>=20
> Nothing built on the box other than OpenSSH and cvs-without-gui.
>=20
> The machine in question is a Dell PowerEdge 1950 with dual 3.0 ghz =20
> dual-core procs.  I've turned on options SMB in the kernel before =20
> recompiling, will test to determine if this is relevant.
>=20
> Anyone have any thoughts on this?

You forgot to mention what version you're running, but if it's
up-to-date 6.2 there's a sysctl for using an alternate reboot method
which is necessary on certain machines.

Kris

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