From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 25 16:11:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA19135 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 16:11:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Rigel.orionsys.com (dbabler@rigel.orionsys.com [205.148.224.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA19126 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 16:11:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dbabler@localhost) by Rigel.orionsys.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA13322; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 16:12:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 16:12:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Dave Babler To: "Goeringer, Michael" cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: shutdown command In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, Goeringer, Michael wrote: > Hmmm does "reboot now" work? I use this all the time... > Not on my system it doesn't. All iterations of shutting down sync the disks and just stall. I have to hit the reset button or cycle power. > > > 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 >