From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 6 3:17:15 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85BD937B401 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 03:17:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from brisefer.cediti.be (porquepix.cediti.be [213.189.188.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 024DA43FBD for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 03:17:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Olivier.Cherrier@cediti.be) Received: by brisefer.nat.cediti.be with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 12:15:05 +0100 Message-ID: From: Olivier Cherrier To: 'Joseph Maxwell' , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Machine does not not do a normal "Reboot" Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 12:15:02 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > FreeBSD 4.2, PC 512MMB RAM, 2- HD 60 & 40 Mb. AMD K7 CPU, >900MHz on >AI61 MotherBoard > > System found in indeterminate state, assumed power failure > problem. Several reboot and boot attempts failed. > Re-installed O/S, system came back up, data intact on 2nd HD > but not seen in fstab file, remount etc. OK smooth running, > fine > > Doing a tar xf from a CDROM, system went into a "block size" > error, starting a "disc sync" mode followed by a "reboot" > condition but never came back up. > > Seems as if Win start up disk required in floppy drive and > FreeBSD distr. Disk 1or 2 reqd. in cdrom for a "boot" > > Now it makes no difference > >Any idea of what could be causing this and possible solution(s) first, upgrade. oc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message