Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:40:59 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Joe Vender <jvender@owensboro.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 & 6.2 hanging and/or spontaneous rebooting Message-ID: <C95B7C36-843C-4421-86C6-96ADF6604419@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200701261836.14983.jvender@owensboro.net> References: <200701261415.11046.jvender@owensboro.net> <200701261804.38744.jvender@owensboro.net> <E14CA057-7330-4946-A1AD-C43E4271EED9@mac.com> <200701261836.14983.jvender@owensboro.net>
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On Jan 26, 2007, at 4:36 PM, Joe Vender wrote: >> The fact that you can shutdown within Linux suggests that your >> hardware does have the capability, so it's just a matter of figuring >> out what's different. Note that you might find that trying to run >> FreeBSD 4.11 to be informative, as the defaults for that older >> version might correspond with your hardware better, although, 4.11 is >> at the end of it's supported lifespan... > > I've been seriously thinking about getting a copy of the legacy > FBSD 5.5 > that's on the website. Maybe there isn't a difference between it > and the 6.2 > as far as this powerdown issue is concerned. You're likely to have better luck with 4.11 than 5.2; if you want to try a 5.x release, go with 5.5, as the early 5.x releases were only so-so in terms of stability before 5.3... -- -Chuck
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