Re: reboot hangs

try to disable ACPI in the loader scripts... ACPI_ENABLE=NO if i am not
mistaken

-jt

> Hi,
>
> I'm a BSD newbie, trying to get FreeBSD installed (not a Unix newbie
> though - a lot of linux and Solaris experience, plus BSD in its MacOS
> flavor).
>
> So far, the install has gone very smoothly, with one minor glitch:  a
> reboot hangs after reporting "Rebooting..." - which seems to be
> generated by the loader code, just before it initiates a reboot
>
> As far as I can tell, this seems to be a BIOS/motherboard issue (Foxconn
> 661MXF7M1-S), but it also seems to be a problem people run into with
> various other motherboards and BIOSs.
>
> In the Linux world, adding "reboot=b" to kernel options (use the BIOS
> reboot function) solves the problem nicely, but I can't seem to find an
> equivalent for FreeBSD.  Is there one?  Are there any other hacks
> available?
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> Miles
>
>
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-jt