From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 25 11:41:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA00317 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 11:41:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.sns.com (jack.sns.com [199.35.183.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA00307 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 11:41:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from speedy.pcscons.net by mail.sns.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0x3449-0006ylC; Mon, 25 Aug 97 11:40 PDT Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19970825113733.0082de10@mail.sns.com> X-Sender: ludwigp@mail.sns.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 11:37:33 -0700 To: Dave Babler , netnology@psinet.net.au From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: Re: shutdown command Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.32.19970825131557.00960690@mail.psinet.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 10:42 AM 8/25/97 -0700, Dave Babler wrote: > >On Mon, 25 Aug 1997 netnology@psinet.net.au wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> I have a problem using freebsd 2.2.2 running on an AMD 586 133 chip. >> Everything works fine except for restarting the machine. The command >> "shutdown -r now" used to force a reboot, seems to be working, sync's the >> disks and then does nothing. I leave it for about 20-25 minutes and still >> it won't restart. The "shutdown now" command works fine, but now with the >> "-r" option. This used to work when using 2.0.5, but since the upgrade - >> nothing. >> >> Regards >> Craig Beasland > >I am having exactly the same problem here (and with reboot as well) >running 2.2-STABLE on an Intel 486DX2-66 box. It worries me because it >also means the system cannot reboot itself if it has to. > >-Dave > Ditto. Running a Cyrix 486 DX2/80. And I thought it was because I put the CPU in wrong once... --Ludwig Pummer ------------------------------------------------------------------ ludwigp@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org PGP Key & Geek Code available on web page ^-- Updated 07/01/97