Shutdown Problem

[gerard-seibert at rcn.com]

FreeBSD Version: 5.2

I have previously posted in regards to the shutdown command not powering off
my computer. The command I used was:

shutdown -p now

The system would simple get to the point where it stated "Press Any Key to
Reboot". This problem did not exist under Windows. The system would power
off without incident using Win2K.

Upon further investigation, I have discovered the following entries in the
'dmesg' file"

ACPI-0159: *** Error: AcpiLoadTables: Could not get RSDP, AE_NO_ACPI_TABLES
ACPI-0213: *** Error: AcpiLoadTables: Could not load tables:
AE_NO_ACPI_TABLES
ACPI: table load failed: AE_NO_ACPI_TABLES

I have no idea what that means, but I assume that it has something to do
with the problem I am experiencing. Perhaps someone might have some idea
what is happening and how to correct it.

Thanks!

Gerard E. Seibert
gerard-seibert at rcn.com