Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 15:56:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Superuser <root@xena.gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems booting 2.2.7 after power outage Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906251555440.14671-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990623152840.14881A-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca>
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On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Superuser wrote: > > > One of the cleaning people at my office yanked the power on one of my > machines overnight. They had the foresight to plug it back in, but when I > got back in the morning, it was hung. Rebooting with a custom > kernel, generic kernel, fixit floppy or setup floppy all suffer > the same fate. > > The machine hangs after detecting the npx0 defice (FPU, afaik.) I > never see the "Intel Pentium Processor detected" line. > > I've successfully booted DOS and Win95 boot loppies on this machine, but > that isn't a "real" test. Did they unplug the keyboard by chance? Just after the npx probe is where it jumps into user mode. If you have a serial cable handy you might plug it into COM1 and see if it's jumping to the comconsole for some strange reason. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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