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From: tdphette@mke.ab.com (Thad Phetteplace x4461)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: INTERRUPT 16 boot hang
Date: 21 Jul 1995 14:43:17 GMT
Organization: Allen-Bradley Co.
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Thad Phetteplace x4461 (tdphette@mke.ab.com) wrote:
> I am upgrading a FreeBSD 1.5.1.1 system to 2.0.5.  The install process
> works fine, but then the system hangs during boot with the following
> message:
> 
> npx0: INTERRUPT 16

I found the problem.  I was using a 2.0.5-ALPHA boot disk instead of
the RELEASE version.  I upgraded the boot disk, and everything worked
fine.

--
Thad Phetteplace
Network Systems Analyst, Allen-Bradley Co.
Phone: (414)382-4461
Email: tdphette@mke.ab.com

The opinions expressed here are entirely my own and not that of my employer.
I am not a slob, I am simply doing an experiment in domestic entropy!