From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 18 10:52:08 2003 Return-Path: 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 2DBEB16A4BF for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 10:52:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp1.uia.net (smtp1.uia.net [66.146.0.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B9C143FCB for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 10:52:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@uia.net) Received: from [172.16.2.101] (fw.uia.wes.uia.net [66.146.1.242]) by smtp1.uia.net (8.11.6p3/8.11.6/2.1) with ESMTP id h9IHq6T30938; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 10:52:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4465imsbz0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <.128.250.18.41.1066262739.squirrel@www.k1x.org> <4465imsbz0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Wes L. Zuber" Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 10:52:05 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.606) cc: Frederick Bowes Subject: Re: Pentium 120 reboots after loading mfsroot floppy. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 17:52:08 -0000 Almost every time I see a reboot problem as you describe it is hardware. Not always but 99 out of 100. Reseat all the mem and the cards. Usually it is bad mem for me, but power supplies, mother boards have also been the culprit. Having said all that It does seem to be a bit lean on the mem size. I wouldn't run it will less than 32mb. --Wes On Oct 18, 2003, at 10:16 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > "Frederick Bowes" writes: > >> I was hoping to try out FreeBSD on an old machine I have been given >> (Pentium 120, 514MB HD, 8mb ram) and it reboots after loading the >> mfsroot >> floppy disk. You insert the disk, it goes /|\|/ for a while then >> reboots. >> >> What might cause this problem? > > Depends on the FreeBSD version you're trying. > > You might just be short on memory, though; a system should still be > able to run in less memory that, but it may need more to install. I'd > expect it to get further than that point, though. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >