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Date:      Sat, 8 Jan 2005 23:29:12 +0100
From:      Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Reboot fails: 5 beeps and a freeze
Message-ID:  <6610107427.20050108232912@wanadoo.fr>
In-Reply-To: <41E03E5E.9020001@leadhill.net>
References:  <41E03E5E.9020001@leadhill.net>

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Billy Newsom writes:

BN> ...and that's all I ever see.  But while this is being printed to the
BN> screen, I get five beeps.  I don't remember that many beeps in FreeBSD 4.x.
BN>
BN> BEEP, beep beep beep, BEEP

See http://bioscentral.com for a list of beep codes for many different
BIOS.  Most BIOS seem to use BEEP beep beep beep for video or memory
errors, but check and see.

BN> I don't know how long I've waited for the system to reboot, but so far
BN> it hasn't.

If the BIOS is unhappy, it's not going to reboot.

-- 
Anthony




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