Precision 490 Reboot Hang

[Thomas J. Baker]

On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 16:47 -0500, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> Thomas J. Baker wrote:
> > I've got a Precision 490 that hangs at reboot unless I use reboot=bios
> > on the kernel command line. A bug filed against the kernel should
> > include what other information?
> 
> I might suggest looking for a BIOS update and/or downgrade before you
> file any bugs. I've got a Precision 490 here that reboots just peachy.
> Dell actually has bios updates that can be done from Linux on these boxes.
> 

I'm running the latest BIOS as it was shipped with the machine. I'd
rather use reboot=bios than run an old BIOS.

Thanks,

tjb
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