[CentOS] CentOS 4.4 on Dell PE 6400 - not rebooting ...

Hi All,

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.

I am VERY happy to say that CentOS 4.4 installed without a hitch!   
NICELY done folks!

The only real issue for me is that the machine fails to reboot or  
shutdown correctly.

It requires physical interaction with the power switch, which  
certainly limits remote, headless administration!

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.

I get similar results with telinit 6 (or init 6).

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.

Does ANYONE have ANY ideas?

OR point me in some direction?

Dell support is useless for an unsupported OS.

Machine info:

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.

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