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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:50122 comp.unix.bsd:16021 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8072 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!adam.cc.sunysb.edu!newsserv.cs.sunysb.edu!starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu!localhost!gene From: gene@starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu (Gene Stark) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Subject: Re: Help! Can't reboot machine remotely Date: 1 Feb 95 21:00:53 Organization: Gene Stark's home system Lines: 17 Message-ID: <GENE.95Feb1210053@starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu> References: <3glo05$ha3@newton.texel.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.cs.sunysb.edu In-reply-to: guest@newton.texel.com's message of 31 Jan 1995 11:20:21 -0500 In article <3glo05$ha3@newton.texel.com> guest@newton.texel.com (Guest) writes: > I have a Micron Pentium 90 machine running BSD/OS 1.1 from BSDI. > Whenever I reboot the machine, it says > > rebooting....'Press reset button if necessary' > > and just sits there. > > I have to manually press the reset button to start reboot. I have seen this type of problem on a couple of 486 machines recently. My advice: check the CPU jumpering on the motherboard against the motherboard documentation. Seems that machines are assembled with improper jumpering for the particular CPU chip installed. - Gene Stark