Package: loadlin Version: 1.6e-1 Severity: minor ----- Forwarded message from "Zbigniew B." <zbigniew2...@gmail.com> ----- > I noticed a problem while using loadlin 1.6e: the system booted using > Loadlin cannot be properly rebooted. When doing reboot - either by > "three fingers", or just by typing "reboot" - after the final message > "Rebooting" (then the screen goes dark) there's no following hardware > reset of the machine; it seems to be hung (although the screen is > cleared, the monitor controls shows, that there's still video signal > from VGA; in case of proper hardware reset, it fades away until new > start). Of course, no such problem, when Linux has been started > directly (without "crossing the DOS-stage"). > > The problem isn't that serious anyway, fortunately the hangup occurs > after all the filesystems have been unmounted already - still: it does > happen everytime on my machine, so I'm reporting. I'm using Loadlin > 1.6e on old machine, equipped with K6-2 processor, SiS chipset, Linux > 2.4.37.11 - and Loadlin is executed from within FreeDOS with kernel > 2039 (with somewhat older userland).
Hello, Thanks for the report, I'm recording it in the Debian BTS so I don't forget about the issue. Did you try on another machine to see whether it might depend e.g. on the bios? Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
