From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Oct 3 21:36:15 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id VAA17673 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 21:36:15 -0700 Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id VAA17668 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 21:36:11 -0700 Received: from corbin.Root.COM (corbin [198.145.90.50]) by Root.COM (8.6.12/8.6.5) with ESMTP id VAA18782; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 21:34:45 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by corbin.Root.COM (8.6.12/8.6.5) with SMTP id VAA00321; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 21:36:06 -0700 Message-Id: <199510040436.VAA00321@corbin.Root.COM> To: Brian Tao cc: FreeBSD hackers Subject: Re: 2.1.0-950928-SNAP now available for testing In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 04 Oct 95 00:13:45 EDT." From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 21:36:05 -0700 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >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 before it will reboot. I don't think virtual console switching works at this stage, either, which explains why the machine appears dead. -DG