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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.cps.udayton.edu!news.engr.udayton.edu!blackbird.afit.af.mil!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!interface-business.de!usenet From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD-2.1 on a AMD468DX4-100 Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 10 Apr 1996 14:09:14 GMT Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4kgfea$bkn@innocence.interface-business.de> References: <3162E14E.1ECA@mail.direct.ca> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de (Joerg Wunsch) NNTP-Posting-Host: ida.interface-business.de X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:690 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17069 domand@mail.direct.ca writes: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD onto a 486DX4-100 on a > machine at work. When I insert the boot disk with the > installation kernel in the machine, it gets to the boot prompt > but as soon as the kernel starts to load the machine does a hard > reset. What's ``starts to load'' for you? You mean ``starts to run'' (i.e., the ``twiddle'' stopped turning)? I suspect memory problems. -- J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de http://www.interface-business.de/~j