Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:48:37 -0400 (EDT) From: bl.uto@unix.net To: "Miles Fidelman" <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reboot hangs Message-ID: <38960.65.96.210.62.1146188917.squirrel@mail.boinc.ch> In-Reply-To: <4450AB74.5020709@meetinghouse.net> References: <4450AB74.5020709@meetinghouse.net>
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try to disable ACPI in the loader scripts... ACPI_ENABLE=NO if i am not mistaken -jt > Hi, > > I'm a BSD newbie, trying to get FreeBSD installed (not a Unix newbie > though - a lot of linux and Solaris experience, plus BSD in its MacOS > flavor). > > So far, the install has gone very smoothly, with one minor glitch: a > reboot hangs after reporting "Rebooting..." - which seems to be > generated by the loader code, just before it initiates a reboot > > As far as I can tell, this seems to be a BIOS/motherboard issue (Foxconn > 661MXF7M1-S), but it also seems to be a problem people run into with > various other motherboards and BIOSs. > > In the Linux world, adding "reboot=b" to kernel options (use the BIOS > reboot function) solves the problem nicely, but I can't seem to find an > equivalent for FreeBSD. Is there one? Are there any other hacks > available? > > Thanks very much. > > Miles > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- -jt
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