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Date:      Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:46:22 +0200
From:      Link <link@ngc.net.ua>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dell 1950 hangs on reboot
Message-ID:  <479A2E7E.5030602@ngc.net.ua>
In-Reply-To: <200801251036.18883.josh@tcbug.org>
References:  <4799DBB4.2010207@ngc.net.ua> <4799E2D0.9070406@ngc.net.ua>	<4799EFA2.4040409@ngc.net.ua> <200801251036.18883.josh@tcbug.org>

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I tried :ipmitool power soft
it still hangs....
> On Friday 25 January 2008 08:18:10 am Link wrote:
>   
>> I`ve already upgraded to newest 2.01 bios. It does not fix problem.
>>
>>     
>
> Just reboot it via the IPMI, which dell calls the BMC.  They never hang when 
> rebooted that way.
>
> For some history....About 1/2 of the 1950's out there exhibit this problem, 
> the other half don't, and no one (AFAIR) has identified what is different 
> between a box that has the problem and one that doesn't.  Dell has a long 
> history of making small changes mid-run and not documenting them.
>
> If you are unlucky enoung to have a 1950 that hangs during reboot, it will do 
> it between 25 and 30% of the time.
>
> If only this were the biggest problem facing someone with FreeBSD on their 
> 1950....
>
>   




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