Dell OptiPlex 745 reboot problem -- BIOS update went poorly
Bj=?ISO-8859-1?B?+A==?=rn Tore Sund
bjorn.sund at it.uib.no
Sat Sep 6 09:51:54 UTC 2008
Changing the subject like that is normally a very good way to make sure I
won't spot your reply...
> Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:51:59 -0500
> From: Johnathan Hegge <johnathan.hegge at bluecoat.com>
> Subject: Re: Dell OptiPlex 745 reboot problem -- BIOS update went poorly
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
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> >
> > Got tons of Dell Optiplex 7XX, had that exact problem. Solution is
> > two-step:
> > 1. Flash up the bios. The ones they're shipped with suck bigtime.
> > 2. Add the kernel parameter "reboot=bios" to all kernel lines in
> > /boot/grub/menu.lst
> >
> > Solved it for us.
> >
> > -BT
>
> Ugh, I was having the same problem with my 745. So, I drug out a USB
> floppy and applied the latest BIOS -- going from 2.3.1 to 2.6.2 from
> Dell. Whoops.
>
> Starting up looks fine, all services showed OK. Gets to local, X starts
> and the box freezes at the spinning dots with a frozen mouse. Can't
> break with Ctrl-Alt-Del or Ctrl-Backspace.
>
> Hard power, restart, interactive init. Allow all, but skip local. X
> starts fine.
>
> rc.local contains:
<NOTHING>
1. Did you apply the reboot=bios setting as well?
2. Did you try more than once, with the new bios?
What you're describing sounds more like a fluke, or at least a problem
unrelated to the bios update. There's nothing in your rc.local, thus
nothing there which should make a difference. Reapply the most recent bios,
set the kernel boot parameter, and give it a few more tries to check.
-BT
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