First, when I try to use /sbin/shutdown to reboot the machine, it properly
shuts everything down and starts to reboot, but it never makes it. That
is, the screen goes blank and I can see the FDC and HDC reset (from das
blinkenlights), but I never see the video BIOS (a Diamond Viper V770) or
the memory test. If I push the reset button on the case, it sometimes
works. A full powercycle always works.
So, I checked for a BIOS upgrade. And, there was one. And, suprisingly,
according to ASUS, I need this upgrade to make the BIOS Y2K compliant. (I
just bought this thing like 3 weeks ago, and it's not Y2K compliant?!?) I
used their utility to flash the BIOS, and it seemed successful. However,
when the kernel booted, it OOPSed when insmoding the module for the
Ethernet card (a Netgear 10/100 card). The Oops was very consistant and
repeatable. Downgrading the BIOS back to the old version seemed to the
Oops, but left me with a non-Y2K non-rebooting system.
Anyone have any idea what's going on? This, BTW, is with a stock RH 6.0
distribution with all the latest updates as of today.
Matt Dharm
-- Matthew Dharm InterNIC: MDD94 Engineer, Qualcomm, Inc. Cell: (619) 890-6943 Home: mdharm@one-eyed-alien.net Home: (858) 689-1908 Work: mdharm@qualcomm.com Work: (858) 651-7649 Beep: page-matt@one-eyed-alien.net Beep: (858) 621-8155Da. Am thinkink of carbonated borscht for lonk nights of coding. -- Pitr User Friendly, 7/24/1998
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