> To me this looks like the problem with the boot code.  There
> was a possible problem with installboot at some point.
> Matthias Drochner posted about it.

I'll try to dig that one out of the mail archives.

> Verify the bootcode you are using by making a bootable floppy.

Oh, I can boot from a floppy with no problems, and the boot code
on the floppy can boot from the partition on the IDE drive.  It
appears that it's only the first-stage boot loader which somehow
is messing things up for me (?).

> I have seen this exact reboot problem myself when I simply
> updated the bootcode.  Yup, shouldn't have done it without
> testing, but hey it always worked in the past.. :)

Ok, I will have a closer look at what changes were done to the
boot code and to installboot between when my snapshot was made
and the now-current, and if there are any, make a new boot floppy
with an updated installboot and biosboot.sym.

- H=E5vard