Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:48:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Charles Fulton <cfulton@plato.phy.ohiou.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Broken reboot Message-ID: <14699.23557.850328.913880@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000711124533.23094F-100000@plato.phy.ohiou.edu> References: <14699.17539.189844.549036@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000711124533.23094F-100000@plato.phy.ohiou.edu>
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Charles Fulton writes: > The error is coming from the SRM; the version is 4.8 (last one released > for EB164) The kernel exits fine, no complaints. As far as I know, the halt/reboot code is pretty platform independant. Do other OSes reboot OK on this box? > I also get a boot error if I do a halt. I assumed that this was normal > and due to the kernel saying it was a halt and stopping the auto_action > from happening. But it just complains and gives the SRM prompt and is > still usable. I can type 'boot' and it goes on its merry way. > > I did notice when I flashed the SRM the first time that the debug monitor > says there is a bad checksum for both the SRM and the ARC ROM. The ARC > was fine before the SRM was added. I flashed it again with no change. > This is a 'full flash' board where both can be present and I haven't > touched the ARC image. Both seem to work though. > > I tried to install 4.0-release but I was doing an FTP install and it > wouldn't fire up my DEC network card where 3.4 worked fine, hence I've got > 3.4. Is it a 21143 based card? Do you see 'de0' or 'dc0' on the console when you boot 4.x? Please give 4.1 a try when it comes out (or any snaps that happen before the release). Cheers, Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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