From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 19 19:28:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA29188 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:28:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA29181 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:28:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id TAA10660; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:28:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:28:16 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Marcus John cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 2.1 GENERIC killing SP3G In-Reply-To: <32922C0C.356F@wiesbaden.netsurf.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Marcus John wrote: > today I tried to do a diskless boot with an ASUS SP3G (DX4) using the > WC-CD 2.1 GENERIC-kernel (rather old, but OK ;-)). > It hangs after probing most of the devices. After a reset the ASUS > does4nt even perforn the mem-check, nor does > it branch to the setup-menu, by hitting DEL. > > So, two.5 questions arise: > 1) Why?????? > 2) Is the flash-firmware of the ASUS corrupted (and how do I fix it)? No, there is no damage to the system. What you are describing is a 'warm boot', where you hit CONTROL-ALT-DELETE, as opposed to a 'cold boot' where you use the panel reset button or physically switch off the machine, then back on. Many BIOSes skip the memory test during warm boots as it assumes it has tested the memory already and doesn't require another test. It is mainly to speed the reboot process by skipping some of the power-on tests. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major