From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 28 02:58:02 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4462916A404 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:58:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mfidelman@meetinghouse.net) Received: from xel008.hosting.thruport.com (lists.neighborhood.net [64.237.102.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3DC843D53 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:58:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mfidelman@meetinghouse.net) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (c-71-232-230-94.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [71.232.230.94]) by xel008.hosting.thruport.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3S2v4oK021523; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:57:06 -0400 Message-ID: <445184B4.7030802@meetinghouse.net> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:57:56 -0400 From: Miles Fidelman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.0.2) Gecko/20060405 SeaMonkey/1.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bl.uto@unix.net References: <4450AB74.5020709@meetinghouse.net> <38960.65.96.210.62.1146188917.squirrel@mail.boinc.ch> In-Reply-To: <38960.65.96.210.62.1146188917.squirrel@mail.boinc.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reboot hangs X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:58:02 -0000 Just tried turning off ACPI in the BIOS - and that seems to work, so I expect ACPI_ENABLE=NO will too. But then power control goes out the window. I wonder what it is that Linux's reboot=b kernel switch does that leave ACPI active, but allows a reboot to work properly. Thanks, Miles bl.uto@unix.net wrote: > 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" >> > >