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Date:      Tue, 23 Jun 1998 02:31:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Dennis Schwarz <dschwarz@123.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Continuous rebooting!
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980623023054.15375y-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <358F06BD.645D@123.net>

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On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Dennis Schwarz wrote:

> I want to run FreeBSD on my 386, but I wanted to make sure FreeBSD would
> detech my hardware, etc. I was on my other computer, and I downloaded
> the boot disk, and put it on a floppy using the quickstart instructions.
> That went smoothly. I put the disk in my 386 and rebooted it. It started
> reading the disk, then rebooted, at first I thought it to be normal,
> until it started doing a loop of reboots. I read the FAQ reasons/fixes
> for it, but they didn't apply to me. I took the same boot disk and it
> booted fine on my i586. Why does it keep rebooting on my 386 ?

Because you have 4MB of RAM when 5MB is required to install?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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