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Date:      Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:48:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Charles Fulton <cfulton@plato.phy.ohiou.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Broken reboot
Message-ID:  <14699.23557.850328.913880@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000711124533.23094F-100000@plato.phy.ohiou.edu>
References:  <14699.17539.189844.549036@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000711124533.23094F-100000@plato.phy.ohiou.edu>

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Charles Fulton writes:
 > The error is coming from the SRM; the version is 4.8 (last one released
 > for EB164)  The kernel exits fine, no complaints.

As far as I know, the halt/reboot code is pretty platform independant.
Do other OSes reboot OK on this box?

 > I also get a boot error if I do a halt. I assumed that this was normal
 > and due to the kernel saying it was a halt and stopping the auto_action
 > from happening.  But it just complains and gives the SRM prompt and is
 > still usable.  I can type 'boot' and it goes on its merry way.
 > 
 > I did notice when I flashed the SRM the first time that the debug monitor
 > says there is a bad checksum for both the SRM and the ARC ROM.  The ARC
 > was fine before the SRM was added.  I flashed it again with no change. 
 > This is a 'full flash' board where both can be present and I haven't
 > touched the ARC image.  Both seem to work though.
 > 
 > I tried to install 4.0-release but I was doing an FTP install and it
 > wouldn't fire up my DEC network card where 3.4 worked fine, hence I've got
 > 3.4.

Is it a 21143 based card?  Do you see 'de0' or 'dc0' on the console
when you boot 4.x?  Please give 4.1 a try when it comes out (or any
snaps that happen before the release).

Cheers,

Drew


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