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- From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Subject: Re: v4.0 reboot command
- Message-ID: <9212210939.48@rmkhome.UUCP>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 14:39:46 GMT
- References: <1992Dec16.153951.11288@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> <9212191053.55@phzzzt.uucp>
- Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
- Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
- Lines: 28
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- In article <9212191053.55@phzzzt.uucp> mfaurot@phzzzt.uucp (Michael Faurot) writes:
- >jim@pisaro.enet.dec.com (Jim Hodges) writes:
- >:
- >: I've noticed that the reboot command doesn't appear to work. After
- >: issuing the shutdown
- >: and sync commands, I issue the command reboot, and my system just sits
- >: there...
- >:
- >: Is this a "feature"(known/reported problem) ? Anyone else have a
- >: similar experience
- >: with this command?
- >
- >Sounds like you have a machine with an AMI BIOS in it. If this is the
- >case, it is a known problem with machines with this BIOS that warm
- >boot commands don't always work. I have a machine with a similar BIOS
- >and it does this all of the time--even under DOS.
- >
- >It's typically not a major problem, unless of course you were wanting
- >to reboot the machine remotely. Instead of using the reboot command
- >just hit the RESET switch on your machine (if it has one) or else turn
- >the machine off, wait a few seconds and then turn it on again.
-
- Interesting. I have an AMI BIOS in my machine, and reboot works just
- fine. This was fixed by AMI a while ago.
-
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- Rick Kelly rmk@rmkhome.UUCP unixland!rmkhome!rmk rmk@frog.UUCP
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