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- From: fredex@fcshome.UUCP (fred smith)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Subject: Re: v4.0 reboot command
- Message-ID: <921221454@fcshome.UUCP>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 18:36:38 GMT
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- Michael Faurot (mfaurot@phzzzt.uucp) wrote:
- : 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.
-
- I've got a 386/40 with AMI bios (where CTRL-ALT-DEL does not work correctly
- for Coherent), but the reboot command works just fine, thank you. It
- appears to do a COLD boot, not warm, as the machine appears to run the
- full POST. There is a short delay, though, which appears to be in the 4-5
- second range.
-
- Whatever Michael's problem is, I would venture to guess it's probably
- not the AMI bios itself, but some other incompatibility.
- fred
-