Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 18:38:41 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: dunc@netcom.com (Kevet Duncombe) Cc: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386/1809: floppy boot code causes reboot of computer Message-ID: <Mutt.19970125183841.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199701250700.XAA22158@freefall.freebsd.org>; from Kevet Duncombe on Jan 24, 1997 23:00:02 -0800 References: <199701250700.XAA22158@freefall.freebsd.org>
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As Kevet Duncombe wrote: > Hi.. I tried to install 2.1.5 from the Walnut Creek CD last night. > Booting from a floppy gets me to the first boot prompt, but pressing > return or -c return causes a reset before it writes any messages. I > found P.R. i386/1809 while looking for a solution, and tried using > ftp://freefall.freebsd.org/pub/jkh/boot.flp as it suggested. For what > it's worth, it didn't help in my case. PR i386/1809 is apparently stale, and should be closed. Floppy boot used to work fine for years now. You either have a serious problem with bad memory, or your system stumples across the often-reported stack corruption problem. Don't try this old boot image (Jordan, can't you remove that), but instead, try the most recent FreeBSD 2.2(-BETA) or 3.0-SNAP boot floppy, and tell us whether this one worked. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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