Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 20 Sep 1996 15:53:05 +1000 (EST) | From | Robert Loomans <> | Subject | Re: rebooting |
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On Thu, 19 Sep 1996, Darrin R. Smith wrote:
> Ian Main wrote: > > > > > > > > Here's a problem that I have had ever since linux 1.1.59, when i started > > > two years ago. When i issue a reboot commands (ie: shutdown -rt5 now) > > > the mahcine unmounts the filesystems, and then says Done. it halts there > > > and never reboots. It's kind of frusterating becuasei can't reboot my > > > mqchine remotely, if i need to... It's a run of the mill Intel 486/100 > > > with 16 meg in it... it's got a WD 540, S3 video card, SB16, and Boca 28.8 > > > modem. I think that's it... any help is greatly appreciated.. I've asked > > > around for a long time with no luck > > > > > > > Hmm.. well, I was having a problem like this with my friends machine. It > > was a Cyrix 586 120 though. We managed to fiddle around in the BIOS long > > enough get it to work. I can't remember which exact setting it was, but > > it seems to me it was a write back cache or something.. (hmmm.. I wish I > > could remember) Anyway, we fiddled long enough, and got it to work. :) > > > > Ian
I had an 486 with an OPTI chipset and an AMI BIOS. Turning on the Keyboard Reset Enable setting (whatever that is...) fixed this for me....
Rob
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