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From: rimkus@netcom.com (Mike Rimkus)
Subject: Re: Problems installing/booting 386BSD
Message-ID: <1993Jan11.083506.14940@netcom.com>
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References: <1993Jan9.075634.5241@Princeton.EDU>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 08:35:06 GMT
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In article <1993Jan9.075634.5241@Princeton.EDU> bkc@ernie.Princeton.EDU (Bruce Caruthers) writes:
> when it tells me to
> remove the floppy aqnd hit return to boot off the hard drive [...]
> everything hangs quite thoroughly. [...]
> I have to hit the reset button to get any response from my system.

I have never seen my system reboot from software while in BSD. I always have
to hit the reset button. I have a 486-DX2 w/ext. cache, ISA.