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From: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
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Subject: Re: Boot problem
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On Wednesday 12 November 2003 07:15 am, Kent Oxley wrote:

> I installed FreeBSD last night for the second time on a Dell
> Dimension but when I restarted, the computer goes into a continual
> boot-loop and won't go past the "F1 Default" message before it
> restarts.  This problem occurred the first time I installed it also.

This is definitely a question that belongs on the freebsd-questions 
list. Also forward to them any messages you might be getting, if there 
are any.

David