[CentOS] 4.4 on PE6400 - not rebooting ... FINALLY WORKS !

[Alvin Chang]

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

On 06/03/07, Joe Kazura <joe.kazura at unh.edu> wrote:
> Folks - FYI:
>
> I finally got it to work (at least once)!
>
>      reboot=bios,smp,warm
>
> Since I didn't actually TRY 'reboot=triple',  I, of course, am
> wondering if 'reboot=triple' is synonymous for
> 'reboot=bios,smp,warm' ...
>
> Mmmmm - masochism!!!
>
> A co-worker pointed me to this:
>
>      /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.6.9/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
>
> Specifically:
>
>     reboot=     [BUGS=IA-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode
>                 Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
>                 See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c or arch/*/kernel/process.c
>
> BUT - I don't have either 'reboot.c' or 'process.c' (ARG!)
>
> So ... after a TON of googling I found references to various
> combinations of the three, but not all three together.
>
> It works!!!  FINALLY!!!
>
>
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>
>
> On Mar 2, 2007, at 7:03 AM, Morten Torstensen wrote:
>
> > Joe Kazura wrote:
> >> Well - reboot=bios didn't work ...
> >> I'll try 'reboot=triple' when I get a chance.
> >
> > Speaking of the devil... I've had a mobo where I needed reboot=bios
> > on CentOS 4. Now with RHEL5, that parameter is no longer effective.
> > Seems like YMMV a lot. I will try to remember to keep you updated
> > if I find another solution :)
> >
> > --
> >
> > //Morten Torstensen
>
>
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Alvin Chang Yu-Ming