Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 07:17:31 -0800 From: Joseph Maxwell <jemaxwell@jaymax.com> To: Olivier Cherrier <Olivier.Cherrier@cediti.be> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Machine does not not do a normal "Reboot" Message-ID: <3E67668B.35B5BCDC@jaymax.com> References: <BB863FBA3E3CAE4DAC430686AD28EA56AAC1F0@brisefer.nat.cediti.be>
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Hello, Cute response: When I first purchased FreeBSD, it was in the 4.2 Distribution Disk set , about 6 CDROMs When I upgraded it was over the internet When the system crashes, where do I have to go to - the original distr. disks They worked flawlessly before, why not now After the re-installation, THEN I can upgrade Thanks -- Joe -- Olivier Cherrier wrote: > > 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
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