Subject: sysinst reboots before doing anything useful
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Mike Cheponis <mac@Wireless.Com>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/04/1999 02:19:51
Hi,

I'm trying to install NetBSD 1.4 onto a 386/4M RAM/40M HD to use as a router
and NAT.

It reads the floppy for the install, prints some messages, like:

(perry@cynic.cynic.net) Fri May 7 11:30:41 PDT 1999
>> Memory 640/3072K

1544192+1695744+139784 = 0x3392...

(I couldn't quite catch the last few digits of the hex number, because the
machine rebooted.).

Has anybody seen this "auto-reboot before installing anything" behavior?

No amount of twiddling with BIOS settings had any effect.  And, for what it's
worth, I -am- able to successfully install Minix 2.0.2, Linux MCC 1.0+ and
W98 Second Edition (from the rescue floppy) with no problems at all.

Thanks!  -Mike