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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: scroll-lock-return combo reboots Intel NetBSD 1.0?
Date: 06 Sep 1995 02:23:54 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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In-reply-to: sa2b@sunipc-32.unixlab.Virginia.EDU's message of Mon, 4 Sep 1995 17:33:01 GMT
In article <DEE631.C3s@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> sa2b@sunipc-32.unixlab.Virginia.EDU (Sunny Au) writes:
Forgive me if this has come up already, but I've just installed
a basic NetBSD 1.0 installation (base10/etc10) on a Dell Dimension
P75 computer, and have noticed that activating the scroll-lock
key and pressing return (when in sh or csh) ungracefully
reboots the machine. Is this a 'feature' or a 'bug'?
It doesn't appear to be mentioned in the BSD-FAQ.
The computer has Phoenix Bios 4.004, if that matters.
Don't think the BIOS matters much since it only gets used during
bootstrap.
FWIW, I didn't experience any problems (NetBSD-1.0) trying every
combination of this I could. Maybe you have a flaky motherboard?
FYI, I tried it on: NICE SuperEISA, 20MB, AMD 486DX2/80, etc....
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com
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