From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Oct 31 10: 0:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from link.umd.edu (link.umd.edu [128.8.96.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B05637B479 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:00:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (missing@localhost) by link.umd.edu (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id e9VI2Fr19256; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 13:02:15 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from missing@link.umd.edu) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 13:02:15 -0500 (EST) From: missing To: "Jose M. Alcaide" Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compaq Deskpro hangs on reboot In-Reply-To: <39FF0151.763CF7AB@we.lc.ehu.es> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I had a similiar prob on a Dell PowerEdge ... I set 'reserved memory' to 'none'. On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Jose M. Alcaide wrote: > Hello, > > I have just installed 4.1.1-RELEASE on eight Compaq Deskpro EP with no > exotic hardware (dmesg output attached). Now I have two problems with > these machines. First, any access to the floppy disk causes a complete > lockup. I have to compile a kernel with DDB for finding more data > about this problem. > > The other problem got me surprised: these Compaqs hang just after reboot. > When doing a reboot(8), the disks are synced and the system is halted, > but just after displaying the "rebooting..." message, the screen goes > black and the system hangs. Only a power off-on cycle "works". The > same happens if I press any key after doing a halt(8). > > I built a kernel with apm support, and "halt -p" powers off the machine, > but reboot continues to fail. I really don't have any idea about what > could be the cause of this problem. Any help will be greatly appreciated! > > Cheers, > -- JMA > ****** Jose M. Alcaide // jose@we.lc.ehu.es // jmas@FreeBSD.org ****** > ** "Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers" -- Leonard Brandwein ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message