On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 09:04 -0500, Jason Edgecombe wrote: > Through my own testing, I have found that the reboot=pci kernel boot > option will enable reboots to work properly, but that option only exists > in kernels newer than that included in RHEL5.4. I see my options as > patching the kernel or running a fedora/mainline kernel. Patching isn't > easy because the reboot=pci feature is in the kernel 10 versions newer > than RHEL5.4 and there is significant divergence, and I'm not much of a > kernel developer. I'm not sure what trials lie with running a fedora kernel.
Have you tried all of the "reboot=" options that RHEL5.4 does support? For example, "reboot=b" (the 'b' stands for BIOS) works for many 32-bit systems that can't otherwise reboot. I've also had success with 'h' (hard), 'c' (cold), and 's' (SMP) as various options to force 32-bit systems to reboot. I don't think 64-bit system support as many options, but I know one options it "reboot=t" which I think stands for something like "triple-fault" and I think there's a 'f' for "force" although I have no idea what that does. If you exhaust all those options, as perhaps you already have, and it still won't reboot with any of them, then I would lean toward running Fedora, and if you have to have RHEL5 for compatibilty with some apps, run it virtualized via KVM. Later, Tom _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
