Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:28:28 +0000 From: ian j hart <ianjhart@ntlworld.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install bug - 4.9 stable - post install circular reboot Message-ID: <200401122328.28414.ianjhart@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <20040112144706.A54897@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <1523970523.1062.6.camel@linuxppc> <20040112144706.A54897@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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On Monday 12 January 2004 10:48 pm, Doug White wrote: > On Tue, 17 Apr 2018, Kevin Berrien wrote: > > I can confirm an issue posted Dec 3rd, freebsd-stable maillist, titled > > "4.9 install buglet". > > > > I experience this bug running the install (various configurations) 100% > > of the time. After install, after system reboot, the boot loader comes > > up with F1: FreeBSD, and reboots continually forever. To test, I made 3 > > installs without issue using 4.8. So first, I'd like to confirm the bug > > report, and ask the following. > > Please qualify "reboots continutally forever." It reboots after printing > the F1: FreeBSD message, or after you press a key, or what? > > This sounds like a BIOS issue. boot0 uses only BIOS calls to do its work. > Lots of problems like this are also caused by bad drive geometry. > > What is the partition layout on the disk(s) in the system? Hardware > description? Here's my original post for comparison: http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200312031933.25176.ianjhart -- ian j hart http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20031016
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