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Date:      Tue, 03 Oct 1995 21:36:05 -0700
From:      David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
To:        Brian Tao <taob@io.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 2.1.0-950928-SNAP now available for testing 
Message-ID:  <199510040436.VAA00321@corbin.Root.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 04 Oct 95 00:13:45 EDT." <Pine.BSI.3.91.951004001144.2435C-100000@trepan.io.org> 

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>On Tue, 3 Oct 1995, Brian Tao wrote:
>> 
>>     No real problems that I can see on my first try with this
>> snapshot.  Nice work, Jordan.
>
>    Oops, one really minor sticky point... when I go to reboot the
>system after the installation, I get the "Syncing disks message", but
>nothing else.  I can't flip around to the other virtual consoles to
>check for misplaced messages, nor does a Ctrl-Alt-Del work.  Had to
>hit the hardware reset.  This is on a (AFAIK) pretty standard ASUS
>SP3G motherboard with an Intel 486DX2/66 CPU and 64 megs of RAM.
>Nothing to get excited over, but I thought I'd mention it.

   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.

-DG



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