From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Dec 14 20:52:45 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 14 20:52:43 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from netau1.alcanet.com.au (ntp.alcanet.com.au [203.62.196.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAD2437B402 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 20:52:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from mfg1.cim.alcatel.com.au (mfg1.cim.alcatel.com.au [139.188.23.1]) by netau1.alcanet.com.au (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA13709; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:52:26 +1100 (EDT) Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au by cim.alcatel.com.au (PMDF V5.2-32 #37645) with ESMTP id <01JXQLU6BQQOEAG0T1@cim.alcatel.com.au>; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:52:13 +1100 Received: (from jeremyp@localhost) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.11.0/8.11.0) id eBF4qKF82943; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:52:20 +1100 (EST envelope-from jeremyp) Content-return: prohibited Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:52:20 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy Subject: Re: Problems booting 486/66 after 3.1 In-reply-to: <20001213224956.7E0EC5D319@mail.cswnet.com> To: lambert@cswnet.com Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mail-followup-to: lambert@cswnet.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <20001215155220.J83523@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i References: <20001213224956.7E0EC5D319@mail.cswnet.com> <200012140737.XAA06091@spammie.svbug.com> Sender: jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 13 Dec, lambert@cswnet.com wrote: > I have a Micronics 486 VLB motherboard (unknown exact model) that doesn't > like FreeBSD beyond 3.x. 3.1-RELEASE works fine on this motherboard but > 4.x versions reboot immediately following the display of the Copyright > notices and FreeBSD version line. My 486 isn't having any problems with -current, and I know I did run 4.x on it - but I can't remember exactly when. I presume you have correctly upgraded the bootblocks and /boot/loader. Does "boot -v" give any additional details? Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message