From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 12 7:32:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from megaweapon.zigg.com (megaweapon.zigg.com [206.114.60.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9E1F14E0C for ; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 07:32:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from matt@zigg.com) Received: from localhost (matt@localhost) by megaweapon.zigg.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id KAA05919 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:30:34 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from matt@zigg.com) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:30:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Behrens To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation reboots system before asking about config In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I fixed it by telling my motherboard (via jumpers) that I had an Intel DX processor instead of the Cyrix, and that (and I think this is the kicker; I bet my VLB IO card was being run too fast) it was running at 75 mHz, not 100 mHz (both were x3 speeds.) Just in case anyone else asks. :) On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Matt Behrens wrote: : I've tried several snapshots (3.1-19990404, 3.1-19990408, 4.0-19990408) : and even a few releases (3.1, 2.2.8) and I have the same problem : with one machine. Maybe someone's heard of it. : : The machine is has a Cyrix 5x86 running at 100 mHz on board. It : has a Gravis UltraSound, a NetLan NE2000-compatible, a generic : IO/FDD/IDE VLB board, and a Diamond SpeedStar (CL5426, I believe.) : It has 64MB of RAM (2 32MB FP SIMMs). Most of that hardware has : been in other machines I own that have run FreeBSD at one point or : another, except the Cyrix processor and the motherboard. : : The problem is, after the MFS root floppy loads (or in the case of : 2.2.8-RELEASE, after the boot floppy loads), just before the question : about configuration, the machine spontaneously reboots. Matt Behrens Owner/Administrator, zigg.com Chief Engineer, Nameless IRC Network To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message