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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: FreeBSD endless reboot woes :-( Date: 13 Jul 1994 03:50:35 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 32 Message-ID: <2vvoab$of1@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <CsuDsG.B98@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: 153.90.192.29 In article <CsuDsG.B98@helios.physics.utoronto.ca>, Jacques Legare <jacques@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> wrote: >I don't know if this is a FreeeBSD bug or a _feature_ of >my motherboard. Anyways, here is the description of the problem: > >I have a MAGUS motherboard model# S486-66 with 16M ram. When >I boot FreeBSD on it it reaches the :- prompt ok. Just after it >is finished saying > >text=<0xXXXXX> data=<0xXXXXX> bss=<0xXXXXXX> > >it reboots! The process will then repeat ad nauseam. What version of the O.S.? How did you install it? What happened when you installed it? Details, details. >Is this a common way fro FreeBSD to fail on bootup? I don't think so. :-) > Does anyone have any idea what is happening? Yes.... Oh, you want me to tell you. I suspect your kernel and/or root filesystem is corrupted. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | home #: (406) 586-0579 | Available for contract/otherwise work.