Re: hang on reboot

Got it.

This and the FAQ reference from Justin Honold make sense.  I've got 
OpenBSD 3.1 on CD so I can write the MBR from that and hopefully it will 
fix the problem.  I'll give it a shot tomorrow.

Thanks for the pointer.

- Mike

On Thursday, June 6, 2002, at 07:18 PM, Ken wrote:

> try installing the 3.1 boot loader and making sure you have the latest 
> rev
> of firmware from soren...
>
> The 3.1 boot loader seems to play nicer
>
> On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Mike DeMan wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The FAQ was a good idea but it didn't seem to work.  Maybe my speed
>> reading isn't what it used to be, but overall the FAQ seems to support
>> my original assumption that the reboot command under OpenBSD functions
>> basically the same as it does under other BSD, linux and commercial 
>> UNIX
>> variants.
>>
>> Is there something special about OpenBSD where it refuses to mount the
>> drive or something after a software reboot?
>>
>> If I just pull the power on the unit it comes right back up just fine
>> and dandy.
>>
>> If I use /sbin/reboot it hangs at the spot I mentioned.  I'm somewhat
>> suspicious it could be a Soekris 4501 firmware glitch or something too.
>>
>> - Mike
>>
>> On Thursday, June 6, 2002, at 06:32 PM, Justin Honold wrote:
>>
>>> embsd is a stripped version of openbsd
>>>
>>> openbsd has a faq
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mike DeMan [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 8:12 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: hang on reboot
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I recently got emBSD running on a Soekris 4501.  Everything seems to
>>> work great except if I reboot the unit (/sbin/reboot) it never comes
>>> back up.  I just get
>>>
>>> Using Drive: 0 Partition: 3
>>>
>>> and it hangs.
>>>
>>> - Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> -Ken
>
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