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From: graichen@mail.physik.fu-berlin.de (Thomas Graichen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: machine locks up on reboot command
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 18:38:42 GMT
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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 

t
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