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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.dacom.co.kr!news.uoregon.edu!cs.uoregon.edu!usenet.ee.pdx.edu!sirius.cs.pdx.edu!daver From: daver@sirius.cs.pdx.edu (Dave Roethig) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Reboot Problem with Pentium Date: 15 Nov 1995 21:53:06 GMT Organization: Portland State University, Portland, OR Lines: 19 Message-ID: <48dng2$3e2@walt.ee.pdx.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sirius.cs.pdx.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] When I enter the "halt" or "reboot" command, the machine (Pentium with IDE drive) will sync then shut down the syslogger then will just hang. Sometimes the message is printed "in tight loop - press cntrl-alt-del". Is this the way things are?? Can I build a new kernel with something special set so that reboot and halt work nicely? Thanks Dave daver@cs.pdx.edu