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From: Joaquin Menchaca <linuxuser@finnovative.net>
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Subject: Problematic Rebooting of FreeBSD
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Hi,

Is there anyway to get a FreeBSD system to reboot?
I use "shutdown -r now", but then I have to later manually flick the 
reset switch.  It does not automatically restart.

This gets problematic when I make changes to rc.conf, and I wanted to 
see the effects after reboot.

  - joaquin