Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:11:34 -0800 (PST) From: lambert@cswnet.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/23572: 486/66 on Micronics motherboard will not boot with 4.x install floppies Message-ID: <200012152211.eBFMBYT68837@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200012152220.eBFMK1769705@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 23572
>Category: i386
>Synopsis: 486/66 on Micronics motherboard will not boot with 4.x install floppies
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Dec 15 14:20:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Scott Lambert
>Release: 4.x
>Organization:
CSW Net, Inc.
>Environment:
3.x works on this machine:
$ uname -a
FreeBSD gw.os2warp.org 3.5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.5.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jul 20 03:22:
42 GMT 2000 jkh@monster.osd.bsdi.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386
4.x don't get far enough to gather any information
>Description:
When attempting to boot from 4.x install floppies or a 4.x kernel on this
machine, it will do a hard reset after the following lines are displayed:
Copyright (c) 1992-2000 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE #0: Tue Nov 21 13:43:32 CST 2000
This happens with any 4.X install floppies. I have gone back as far as
4.0-19990705-SNAP which is the oldest 4.0 Snapshot CD-ROM I have.
I would be willing to ship this system to anyone capable of fixing this
problem.
>How-To-Repeat:
boot with 4.x install disks
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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