From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 6 22:30:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA12160 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 6 Oct 1996 22:30:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA12153 for ; Sun, 6 Oct 1996 22:30:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA05436; Sun, 6 Oct 1996 22:30:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 22:30:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Matthew Zito cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install Problem- System keeps rebooting In-Reply-To: <3257A967.1994@geocities.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 6 Oct 1996, Matthew Zito wrote: > My computer rundown: > Packard Bell (yeah, yeah, I know) Pentium 166 mhz, > 16 mbs of RAM, > 2 gig hd, > > When I put the install floppy in the drive if I don't press any key and > try to let the default configuration take over, my system reboots. If I > press -c (enter), the instant I press enter, my system reboots. I can > type anything I want, but the instant I hit that "enter" key, my > computer reboots. I saw in the archives that adjusting the BIOS cache > can help, but when I did this, I got the same result. Any > ideas/comments/suggestions? Try using a brand-new floppy, downloading the image in binary mode, and rebuilding the boot floppy. FYI: we call these 'Packard Hells' here at ResNet. :-) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major