From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 25 14:41:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA12537 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 14:41:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from keywest.ird.rl.af.mil (KEYWEST.IRD.RL.AF.MIL [128.132.193.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA12530 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 14:41:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by keywest.ird.rl.af.mil with Microsoft Exchange (IMC 4.0.837.3) id <01BCB17E.5D605040@keywest.ird.rl.af.mil>; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 17:43:15 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Goeringer, Michael" To: "'Dave Babler'" Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: shutdown command Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 17:43:12 -0400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.837.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hmmm does "reboot now" work? I use this all the time... Michael G. ---------- From: Dave Babler[SMTP:dbabler@Rigel.orionsys.com] Sent: Monday, August 25, 1997 1:42 PM To: netnology@psinet.net.au Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: shutdown command 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