Re: "reboot" on A3000 ?

[Bruce Drake <bruce%syngate.synxcti.com@localhost>]

OK, I will, but expect it to take a few days.  This week is particularly
busy for me.  If someone wants to beat me to it, feel free, but I will
still report what I can get.

On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Guenther Grau wrote:

> Hi Bruce,
> 
> > The only fix for it is for NetBSD to try to set the machine's state as
> > close to the initial power up state as possible, and hope for the best.
> > It is interesting to recall that C= had reset problems in several various
> > Amiga models, and finally settled on publishing the "Proper Way" to do it,
> > one that they could have the IPL code depend on.  Perhaps I could dig up
> > some more info on this and get back to you all if there is a request for
> > it.
> 
> It would be great if you could dig up some more info. AFAIK, the bug with the
> yellow screen after shutdown has been with NetBSD-Amiga since it's early days
> and noone seemed to be able to fix it. If you could come up with some
> information on what might be causing this, this would be extremly helpful,
> as some people depend on their computer to reboot itself into netbsd after
> a crash or a shutdown.
> 
>   Guenther
> 

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Bruce Drake
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