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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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