Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-02-02 Thread Billy Newsom
Bob Hall wrote: This may help. http://www.faqs.org/faqs/assembly-language/x86/general/part3/section-5.html Bob Hall Hmmm. Good link. Here's a better one that I just discovered reading about this stuff: http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/hackers/2003-11/0205.html I began to notice t

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-02-01 Thread Bob Hall
This may help. http://www.faqs.org/faqs/assembly-language/x86/general/part3/section-5.html Bob Hall ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTE

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-02-01 Thread Billy Newsom
Billy Newsom wrote: Oh, yeah. I could try that. I could boot an old DOS 6.2 or whatever and try CTRL-ALT-DELETE. I think that is what you mean. I don't remember that actual command, although I'm sure there's a lot of third-party reboot commands... Some of which I'd like to see in the assem

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-02-01 Thread Billy Newsom
Xian wrote: Does the dos reboot command work? If it does, I'm sure I could dig up a copy of it from one of my disks. I don't know if it is possible to hack the code out that actually does the reboot No, because "reboot" is basically the same as shutdown -r now. I've done both to no avail. Technica

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-02-01 Thread Xian
On Monday 31 January 2005 19:24, Billy Newsom wrote: > Xian wrote: > > On Monday 31 January 2005 18:53, Billy Newsom wrote: > >>When you flash your BIOS from DOS, it will usually do a cold reboot > >>when it exits. > > > > Does the dos reboot command work? If it does, I'm sure I could dig up a > >

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-01-31 Thread Rich Winkel
According to Bart Silverstrim: > Warm boots basically just cycle the computer to restart the OS. It's > just restarting it, and power to the components has been maintained the > whole time so as far as the computer hardware is concerned nothing > really happened, just a chunk of memory access a

RE: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-01-31 Thread Niy
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bart Silverstrim Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 3:30 PM To: Billy Newsom Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD? On Jan 31, 2005, at 1:53 PM, Billy Newsom

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-01-31 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Jan 31, 2005, at 1:53 PM, Billy Newsom wrote: Jerry McAllister wrote: Well, I guess I completely do not understand what you are asking. From anything I can get from what you write here, its behavior is normal and expected. What is the problem and what are you trying to fix or to get it to do?

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-01-31 Thread Billy Newsom
Xian wrote: On Monday 31 January 2005 18:53, Billy Newsom wrote: When you flash your BIOS from DOS, it will usually do a cold reboot when it exits. Does the dos reboot command work? If it does, I'm sure I could dig up a copy of it from one of my disks. I don't know if it is possible to hack the c

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-01-31 Thread Xian
On Monday 31 January 2005 18:53, Billy Newsom wrote: > When you flash your BIOS from DOS, it will usually do a cold reboot > when it exits. Does the dos reboot command work? If it does, I'm sure I could dig up a copy of it from one of my disks. I don't know if it is possible to hack the code out

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-01-31 Thread Billy Newsom
Jerry McAllister wrote: Well, I guess I completely do not understand what you are asking. From anything I can get from what you write here, its behavior is normal and expected. What is the problem and what are you trying to fix or to get it to do? A cold boot - which is what you ask about in yo

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-01-31 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > Jerry McAllister wrote: > >>I need to do a cold restart. I've looked through a lot of docs, and I > >>can't > >>seem to find this out. The computer I am working with seems to no longer > >>enjoy a warm reboot (like "shutdown -r now" or "reboot") but I'm pretty > >>sure > >>it will do c

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-01-31 Thread Billy Newsom
Jerry McAllister wrote: >>I need to do a cold restart. I've looked through a lot of docs, and I >>can't >>seem to find this out. The computer I am working with seems to no longer >>enjoy a warm reboot (like "shutdown -r now" or "reboot") but I'm pretty >>sure >>it will do cold reboots fine. Is t

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-01-31 Thread Billy Newsom
Oliver Leitner wrote: I am not completely sure... but from what i know bout a COLD Reboot: just unplug the power cable. that exactly does what a COLD Reboot does. Yep, you are techically right, but of course, I asked how to do this from the operating system, in this case FreeBSD. Many "diagnostic

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-01-31 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > I need to do a cold restart. I've looked through a lot of docs, and I can't > seem to find this out. The computer I am working with seems to no longer > enjoy a warm reboot (like "shutdown -r now" or "reboot") but I'm pretty sure > it will do cold reboots fine. Is there a port, or is the

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-01-31 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 01:01 am, Billy Newsom wrote: > I need to do a cold restart. I've looked through a lot of docs, and I > can't seem to find this out. The computer I am working with seems to no > longer enjoy a warm reboot (like "shutdown -r now" or "reboot") but I'm > pretty sure it will do col

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-01-31 Thread Oliver Leitner
I am not completely sure... but from what i know bout a COLD Reboot: just unplug the power cable. that exactly does what a COLD Reboot does. Greetings Oliver Leitner Technical Staff http://www.shells.at On Monday 31 January 2005 15:31, Billy Newsom wrote: > I need to do a cold restart. I've l

How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-01-31 Thread Billy Newsom
I need to do a cold restart. I've looked through a lot of docs, and I can't seem to find this out. The computer I am working with seems to no longer enjoy a warm reboot (like "shutdown -r now" or "reboot") but I'm pretty sure it will do cold reboots fine. Is there a port, or is the shutdown c