From phobos.walker.org!kew@tau-ceti.isc-br.com Mon Oct 14 20:48:34 1996 Received: from tau-ceti.isc-br.com (root@tau-ceti.isc-br.com [129.189.2.133]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA22415 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 20:48:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by tau-ceti.isc-br.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #13) id m0vD0LP-0002OCC; Mon, 14 Oct 96 20:39 PDT Received: (from kew@localhost) by phobos.walker.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA00656; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 17:17:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199610150017.RAA00656@phobos.walker.org> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 17:17:56 -0700 (PDT) From: kew@timesink.spk.wa.us Reply-To: kew@timesink.spk.wa.us To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Floppy boot failure X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 >Number: 1809 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: floppy boot code causes reboot of computer >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Oct 14 20:50:02 PDT 1996 >Closed-Date: Sat Jan 25 15:44:14 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: Sat Jan 25 15:44:55 PST 1997 >Originator: Keith Walker >Release: FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386 >Organization: none >Environment: HP Pavilion 7020, 90 MHz Pentium, IDE disks, ATAPI cdrom, 16 MB RAM, >Description: The boot floppy code will display the Phase I boot prompt; options can be typed in, but as soon as Enter/Return is pressed, or the timeout is reached, the machine does a warm boot. The HD boot code works fine, and I am able to install the system by initially booting from DOS through the FBSDBOOT program. This problem started between 2.1 and 2.1.5. I.e., the 2.1 floppy boot code worked fine, whereas the 2.1.5 code causes the reboot. I downloaded the latest 2.2 snap boot.flp and it has the same problem. >How-To-Repeat: Attempt to boot from floppy. >Fix: Don't boot from floppy, boot from DOS through FBSDBOOT program. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" To: kew@timesink.spk.wa.us Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386/1809: Floppy boot failure Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 21:58:28 -0700 > > >Number: 1809 > >Category: i386 > >Synopsis: floppy boot code causes reboot of computer This one has been reported by several people so far. If you would be so kind as to grab: ftp://freefall.freebsd.org/pub/jkh/boot.flp And let me know if it boots past this problem, I'd appreciate it. Thanks! [Guido - this floppy image contains your work-around]. Jordan From: Kevet Duncombe To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com Cc: Subject: Re: i386/1809: floppy boot code causes reboot of computer Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 22:57:14 -0800 ------------36982428B0B0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi.. I tried to install 2.1.5 from the Walnut Creek CD last night. Booting from a floppy gets me to the first boot prompt, but pressing return or -c return causes a reset before it writes any messages. I found P.R. i386/1809 while looking for a solution, and tried using ftp://freefall.freebsd.org/pub/jkh/boot.flp as it suggested. For what it's worth, it didn't help in my case. ------------36982428B0B0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Hi.. I tried to install 2.1.5 from the Walnut Creek CD last night.
Booting from a floppy gets me to the first boot prompt, but pressing
return or -c return causes a reset before it writes any messages.  I
found P.R. i386/1809 while looking for a solution, and tried using
ftp://freefall.freebsd.org/pub/jkh/boot.flp as it suggested.  For what
it's worth, it didn't help in my case.
------------36982428B0B0-- State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: jkh State-Changed-When: Sat Jan 25 15:44:14 PST 1997 State-Changed-Why: This appears to be more of a local problem. >Unformatted: