Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 17:17:56 -0700 (PDT) From: kew@timesink.spk.wa.us To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: i386/1809: Floppy boot failure Message-ID: <199610150017.RAA00656@phobos.walker.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199610150350.UAA22536@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1809 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: floppy boot code causes reboot of computer >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Oct 14 20:50:02 PDT 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Keith Walker >Organization: none >Release: FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386 >Environment: HP Pavilion 7020, 90 MHz Pentium, IDE disks, ATAPI cdrom, 16 MB RAM, >Description: The boot floppy code will display the Phase I boot prompt; options can be typed in, but as soon as Enter/Return is pressed, or the timeout is reached, the machine does a warm boot. The HD boot code works fine, and I am able to install the system by initially booting from DOS through the FBSDBOOT program. This problem started between 2.1 and 2.1.5. I.e., the 2.1 floppy boot code worked fine, whereas the 2.1.5 code causes the reboot. I downloaded the latest 2.2 snap boot.flp and it has the same problem. >How-To-Repeat: Attempt to boot from floppy. >Fix: Don't boot from floppy, boot from DOS through FBSDBOOT program. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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