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Date:      Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:30:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installation reboots system before asking about config
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904121029170.5897-100000@megaweapon.zigg.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904112218490.4913-100000@megaweapon.zigg.com>

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I fixed it by telling my motherboard (via jumpers) that I had an
Intel DX processor instead of the Cyrix, and that (and I think this
is the kicker; I bet my VLB IO card was being run too fast) it was
running at 75 mHz, not 100 mHz (both were x3 speeds.)

Just in case anyone else asks. :)

On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Matt Behrens wrote:

: I've tried several snapshots (3.1-19990404, 3.1-19990408, 4.0-19990408)
: and even a few releases (3.1, 2.2.8) and I have the same problem
: with one machine.  Maybe someone's heard of it.
: 
: The machine is has a Cyrix 5x86 running at 100 mHz on board.  It
: has a Gravis UltraSound, a NetLan NE2000-compatible, a generic
: IO/FDD/IDE VLB board, and a Diamond SpeedStar (CL5426, I believe.)
: It has 64MB of RAM (2 32MB FP SIMMs).  Most of that hardware has
: been in other machines I own that have run FreeBSD at one point or
: another, except the Cyrix processor and the motherboard.
: 
: The problem is, after the MFS root floppy loads (or in the case of
: 2.2.8-RELEASE, after the boot floppy loads), just before the question
: about configuration, the machine spontaneously reboots.

Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com>
Owner/Administrator, zigg.com
Chief Engineer, Nameless IRC Network



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