<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi All,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>This is my first post ... I *HAD* been trying to get RHEL AS 4 onto this Dell PE 6400/700, but it just wouldn't go without some weird tweaking.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I am VERY happy to say that CentOS 4.4 installed without a hitch! NICELY done folks!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The only real issue for me is that the machine fails to reboot or shutdown correctly.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>It requires physical interaction with the power switch, which certainly limits remote, headless administration!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>A reboot (or shutdown -r now) follows through to " ", but the machine never restarts - it appears to freeze (num-lock works, key-caps does not and Ctrl-Alt-Del does nothing) - I have to press and hold the power button to force a restart.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I get similar results with telinit 6 (or init 6).</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>A shutdown works ever so slightly better, it gets to the " ", and does not power off the machine, a simple press of the power button does power it off.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Does ANYONE have ANY ideas?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>OR point me in some direction?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Dell support is useless for an unsupported OS.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Machine info:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Dell PowerEdge 6400 quad Xenon 700Mhz CPUs, a Dell PERC/2 card (w/two RAID 5 containers), an Intel GB net card, and 2GB RAM.</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Andale Mono; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Andale Mono; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-- </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">+----------------------------[ <A href="mailto:Joe.Kazura@UNH.EDU">Joe.Kazura@UNH.EDU</A> ]---+</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">| Joe Kazura | Mac OS X ...</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">| CIS/TCS -- 1 Leavitt Lane PHONE: +1-603-862-2012 | Because UNIX </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">| University of New Hampshire | should be user</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">| Durham, NH 03824-3512 USA "docendo discimus" | friendly!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">| |</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">+-----------------[ <A href="http://www.unh.edu/tcs/">http://www.unh.edu/tcs/</A> ]---------+</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>