Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 19:39:04 -0500 From: David Petrou <dpetrou@cs.cmu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: system resetting on boot after freebsd 4.2 install Message-ID: <20001207193904.D8084@partita.rem.cs.cmu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20001207192915.B8084@partita.rem.cs.cmu.edu>; from dpetrou@cs.cmu.edu on Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 07:29:15PM -0500 References: <20001207192915.B8084@partita.rem.cs.cmu.edu>
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> the problem is on boot. i get the prompt saying "f1 for disk 0" or > whatever. i hit f1. then right before it does that 10 second > countdown where you "press enter to continue...", the system resets > itself. it looks like a hard reset. and the cycle continues until i > shut it off... addendum: what's so mysterious to me is that the kernel from the boot floppies worked fine. i can't figure out why the kernel on the hard drive would exhibit this problem. the boot floppies are for freebsd 4.2 release and the kernel, presumably, is the same GENERIC kernel. thanks, david To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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