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- From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
- Subject: Re: Endless boot cycle
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.021744.26904@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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- Organization: Weber State University (Ogden, UT)
- References: <Aug.14.12.34.42.1992.8037@action.rutgers.edu> <45240001@hpycla.kobe.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 02:17:44 GMT
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- In article <45240001@hpycla.kobe.hp.com> yas@hpycla.kobe.hp.com (Yasuyuki Suzuki) writes:
- >/ hpycla:comp.unix.bsd / armhold@action.rutgers.edu (George Armhold) / 1:34 am Aug 15, 1992 /
- >
- >armhold> "Press any key to reboot from HD". I do, and the machine
- >armhold> goes into an endless boot cycle. When it tries to read the bootstrap
- >armhold> code from the HD it does a hard reset, memory check, etc, and then
- >armhold> loops again.
- >
- >This is exactly the same situation as mine!
- >The following is my configuration.
-
- This problem seem to occur as the result not being able to find the disk
- label. You can check this by:
-
- 1) Set the write protect off on a copy of your dist.fs/fixit.fs floppy.
- 2) Boot off the floppy.
- 3) Type:
-
- mount /dev/wd0a /mnt
-
- This will either work or give a disklabel error.
-
- 3a) If it mounted, this isn't the problem, and you should unmount it:
-
- umount /mnt
-
- The soloution for being unable to find the disk label is to have the 386BSD
- partion be the first one on the disk, or to use the entire disk for 386BSD.
- This is because there are multiple methods being used to recognize the disk
- lable, and is not likely to be resolved quickly.
-
-
- Terry Lambert
- terry_lambert@gateway.novell.com
- terry@icarus.weber.edu
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- or previous employers.
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