A thought - do you have any (or many) USB devices connected? Your problem is likely the problem others have mentioned thus far, but if your laptop supports booting from usb devices (mainly floppy) I've found that it can take inordinate amounts of time getting past 'that step' while it probes all the usb devices and waits for replies. I have a small unpowered 4port USB hub and a USB KVM cable connected to it, and I have to unplug it before it will actually boot (at least, I've never waited around to see it boot, only waited at most 30 seconds).
Of course, my laptop is rather old (PCG-C1X) so hopefully they fixed this problem and my point is moot. -cyn ----- This email has been sent as a single line of query, and in no way indicates the senders interest in or acceptance of any promotions or "opt-in"'s unless otherwise EXPRESSLY noted. On 4 Nov 2002, Dominik Juszczyk wrote: > Hi > > Firstly about hardware: Sony Vaio PCG-FX215 with Debian Woody installed > > I have problem with reboot. When I want to reboot my laptop, it is > rebooting, but after that it shows only Sony welcome message, and than > stops. To make it work I have to press power button for few seconds, and > turn it on again. > When I want to turn it off, it shows me power down, and than I have to > turn it of with power buton.
