On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 02:50:07PM -0600, Josh Cogliati wrote:
> I went to try and install netbsd 1.6 on a pentium computer.
> I created the boot1.fs and boot2.fs floppies.  
> I put boot1 in the computer, it loaded fine.
> I put boot2 in the computer, it loaded 23131+12313 fine, 
> (not those exact numbers, but basically the same)
>  and then promptly rebooted before getting into sysinst. (No `Do you want
> to reboot now', no blue screen flash, just finish loading from the floppy
> and reboot.) 
> It is probably not the floppies since I tried two sets of floppies and 
> both had the exact same behavior.  Later I tested one of the sets on 
> a different computer, it got into sysinst fine.
> It is probably not that specific computer since the same thing happened 
> on an identical computer in the same computer lab.
> I was able to boot linux 2.0.x from a floppy fine on that computer.
> 
> Any ideas as to where to go from here?

How much ram do you have in this machine ?
No special settings about memory hole, or something like that, in BIOS ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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