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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!tinman2!tdphette From: tdphette@mke.ab.com (Thad Phetteplace x4461) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: HELP: My machine won't reboot Date: 13 Jan 1994 14:49:56 GMT Organization: Allen-Bradley Co. Lines: 34 Message-ID: <2h3n2kINNs2f@scarecrow.mke.ab.com> References: <RPE.94Jan7104136@testify.raleigh.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tinman.mke.ab.com X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4 rpe@testify.raleigh.ibm.com (Rob Enns) writes: : I've had this problem ever since 386BSD 0.1. I'm currently running : NetBSD 0.9. The problem is that when I shutdown the machine (shutdown : -h) it says "press any key to reboot", but when I press a key, nothing : happens. Also, when I do a reboot or shutdown -r, the machine does not : automatically reboot. In both cases I must press the reset button to : cause a reboot. : : This problem was present using the IDE drive as root (no SCSI on : system) as well as using the SCSI drive as root. : : Has anyone else seen this? Is there a fix? : : System Specs: Gateway 2000 486 33MHz 16MB RAM : 202 MB IDE (Western Digital) : Adaptec 1542C : 800 MB SCSI (Toshiba) : Nec 84i CD-ROM : Diamond Speedstar SVGA I've got basically the same hardware and I'm having exactly the same problem. If anyone has a fix, I'd be interested in hearing about it also. Thanks, -- Thad Phetteplace Network Systems Analyst, Allen-Bradley Co. Phone: (414)382-4461 Email: tdphette@mke.ab.com The opinions expressed here are entirely my own and not that of my employer. I am not a slob, I am simply doing an experiment in domestic entropy!