Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 23:19:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Chet <ec0@s1.GANet.NET> To: se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flaky reboot problem with this SP3G board Message-ID: <199510060319.XAA01410@s1.GANet.NET> In-Reply-To: <199510051040.AA01442@Sysiphos> from "Stefan Esser" at Oct 5, 95 11:40:41 am
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> > On Oct 4, 19:38, Brian Tao wrote: > } Subject: Flaky reboot problem with this SP3G board > } On Tue, 3 Oct 1995, David Greenman wrote: > } > > } > Try just pressing "Enter". The machine actually does a 'halt', not a > } > reboot, and it needs a <return> before it will reboot. I don't think virtual > } > console switching works at this stage, either, which explains why the machine > } > appears dead. > } > } I hit Enter at first, then spacebar, then I tried the switch > } virtual consoles, etc. But after some more fiddling last night, I > } think it just might be the hardware itself. The machine was rebooted > } five times after I did the installation last night. Twice it hung as > } I described, twice it rebooted itself properly and once it cleared the > } screen (as if to reboot) and then stayed there. After hitting the > } hardware reset, I get a message saying the CMOS checksums don't match > } (or something) and that it was reloading the factory defaults. Is > } this a bad BIOS revision problem, or bad memory, or what? > > My SP3G doesn't reboot reliable anymore, > after I installed a cheap SoundBlaster > clone. > > I've got to hit reset in about three out > of four reboots ... I had to use the option: options BROKEN_KEYBOARD_RESET After this the reset worked fine. -Eric > > Didn't have time to check for the reaon. > Might the kernel debugger still be able > to give reasonable output in such a case ? > > Regards, STefan > > -- > Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 > Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 > ============================================================================== > http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/staff/esser/esser.html <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE> >
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