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Date:      Mon, 25 Aug 1997 11:37:33 -0700
From:      Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>
To:        Dave Babler <dbabler@Rigel.orionsys.com>, netnology@psinet.net.au
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: shutdown command
Message-ID:  <3.0.3.32.19970825113733.0082de10@mail.sns.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970825104024.1538C-100000@Rigel.orionsys.com >
References:  <3.0.32.19970825131557.00960690@mail.psinet.net.au>

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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
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