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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: machine locks up on reboot command X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Lines: 22 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <DL1DuM.BD3@ritz.mordor.com> References: <4d1hj6$rt7@makai.maui.net> <DL154I.K0@mail.physik.fu-berlin.de> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 21:47:10 GMT Thomas Graichen (graichen@mail.physik.fu-berlin.de) wrote: : George Fontaine (sysop@mauigateway.com) wrote: : : I am presently running 2.1 stable and I have problem with rebooting the : : system. When I issue the reboot command the system shuts down and syncs the : : disks and then locks up. I then have to physically press the reset button to : : get it to reboot. I am running a 486-100 with a pci motherboard and ide drive. : : Strangely, it reboots fine under 2.2 current but unfortunately, I am stuck : : with using stable for the time being. : : maybe 'options "BROKEN_KEYBOARD_RESET"' in your kernel config : (+recompile :-) helps - for me it works That is probably the answer since I've found that many low quality peecee keyboards have really braindead controllers. Another common problem is that some bios variants give you the option to relocate the system bios to non-standard areas of system memory. This almost always breaks things (at least for me) that try to do warm reboots so I've gotten into the habit of disabling that "feature". Good luck, Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451