Re: hang on reboot

Ken <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Jun 2002 22:18:36 -0400 (EDT)
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.embedded
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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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