From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 3 13:32:45 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 810A21065676 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:32:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jon@radel.com) Received: from wave.radel.com (wave.radel.com [216.143.151.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37E0A8FC25 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:32:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jon@radel.com) Received: by wave.radel.com (CommuniGate Pro PIPE 4.1.6) with PIPE id 8345632; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:32:44 -0500 Received: from [216.143.146.251] (account laura@radel.com HELO [172.20.0.6]) by wave.radel.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.6) with ESMTP id 8345630; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:32:31 -0500 Message-ID: <4988476F.90906@radel.com> Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:32:31 -0500 From: Jon Radel User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Macintosh/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthias Apitz References: <20090202085740.GA4654@rebelion.Sisis.de> <200902020856.39396.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <20090202180459.GA2625@rebelion.Sisis.de> <200902020934.38501.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <20090203072647.GA2425@rebelion.Sisis.de> <498801f8.23y2ybSzoxuxiwug%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20090203093353.GA5657@rebelion.Sisis.de> In-Reply-To: <20090203093353.GA5657@rebelion.Sisis.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Radel.com-MailScanner-Information: Please contact Jon for more information X-Radel.com-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro CLI mailer Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no cats at home, but system (7.0-STABLE) reboots X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:32:45 -0000 Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Tuesday, February 03, 2009 a las 12:36:08AM -0800, perryh@pluto.rain.com escribió: > >>> I'm searching for monkeys or intruders ... >> Brief power outage, perhaps? Some BIOS have a selection of what to >> do when power is restored from an outage, typical choices being to >> start up, remain off, or return to the state before power was lost. >> Others may offer only the first two, or be hardwired to one of them >> with no opportunity to choose a different behavior. > > note: the box is a laptop; I hit the power-off button and pulled out the > 220V power cable of the power-supply from the outlet (that's why later > the laptop after 2h uptime failed with battery empty); in which power > outage you're thinking; what could re-boot the box after 36 minutes? > thx What communications cables were still plugged in, and is the BIOS set to boot in reaction to certain things happening on them? Have you read through all your BIOS settings looking for clues? --Jon Radel jon@radel.com