Bug 807208 - Dell optiplex 390 hangs on reboot
Summary: Dell optiplex 390 hangs on reboot
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 16
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-03-27 09:50 UTC by chedi toueiti
Modified: 2013-01-10 08:28 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-03-27 14:55:24 UTC
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Description chedi toueiti 2012-03-27 09:50:50 UTC 
Description of problem:
The system hangs when rebooting


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-devel-3.2.10-3.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.3.0-4.fc16.x86_64
kernel-headers-3.3.0-4.fc16.x86_64
kernel-3.2.10-3.fc16.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.3.0-4.fc16.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. reboot the machine
  
Actual results:
Machine hangs

Expected results:
rebooting

Additional info:
The problem seems to be solved by adding the kernel parameter reboot=pci
Comment 1 Dave Jones 2012-03-27 14:55:24 UTC 
this is a Dell BIOS bug. Either put up with using that workaround, or disable virtualisation in the BIOS.
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