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Date:      Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:44:59 -0400
From:      "Richard G. Roberto" <richard_g_roberto@hotmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   [re-post]can't upgrade to 4.2-RELEASE from 3.2 (system resets)
Message-ID:  <F181PHsWocMMXK6J2DJ00005d51@hotmail.com>

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Hi, I sent this last week but didn't get a response.  Should I post
this to -hackers?  Do I need to subscribe there to post (I guess it
would make sense if I want a response)?

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,

rgr

>Hi,

>I'm trying to upgrade my Micron Powerdigm XSU from 3.2-RELEASE to 
>4.2-RELEASE by booting off the 4.2 CD, but I'm having problems.
>Here's the hardware:

>Preston - Dual Pentium II ATX Motherboard
>Adaptec 2940UW PCI/SCSI card
>Plextor 12/20x CDROM drive
>EIDE controller on the motherboard with no devices attached
>Creative Labs AWE64 sound card
>Diamond Fire GL 1000 (Permedia 2) video card

>All but the sound card work fine under 3.2, but when I go to upgrade to 4.2 
>(by booting off the 4.2 CD), I never get past kernel selection.  When I get 
>to the screen asking to configure the kernel, no matter what I do (custom 
>configure, or skip configuration), once I get past that screen, the probing 
>starts, takes a while, then the system just resets (though in a funky way 
>-- it doesn't reboot, but I lose video signal as though I had pushed the 
>reset button).

>Stranger still, I can't power off the system once its in this state, but 
>the reset button works! (as does removing the power cord)

>Does anyone have any ideas on why this may be happenning?  I did a search 
>in the archives and didn't really see anything specific to this.  I also 
>had a look at GNATS and saw BudIDs kern/23535 and misc/23873 that seemd 
>similar, but these are still open.

>I don't know how to gather more data, especially since the system resets 
>the way it does.

>Any help will be greatly appreciated.

>Cheers,

>rgr
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