Hi Sledge,

I had the same constant reboot but i founded a cooler problem (CPU was "frying eggs").

Regards.

fmac


On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 22:49:38 +0200, "Sledge Hammer" <sledge@centras.lt> escreveu :

> De: "Sledge Hammer" <sledge@centras.lt>
> Data: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 22:49:38 +0200
> Para: <>
> Assunto: constant reboots...
> 
> 
> I get constant reboots from my pc :(
> 
> Sometimes, when dmesg reaches "root file system type: ffs" PC reboots instantly!
> 
> I've changed some settings in my BIOS:
>     Peripherial Setup->VIA Onboard PCI IDE from "Both" to "Primary"
>     PCI Setup -> Assign IRQ To PCI VGA from "Yes" to "No"
> 
> That's the way I can sometimtes load my NetBSD 1.6 at least experience some 15mins of using it, until another
> reboot! :(
> 
> (I've installed it on another PC, because there everything ran correctly - on my Cyrix i even could not get it
> installed. newfs was rebooting with this vital error message:
> pciide0:0:0: lost interrupt
>  type: ata tc_bcount: 8192 tc_skip: 0
> pciide0:0:0: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x61
> wd0: transfer error, downgrading to Ultra-DMA mode 1
> wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 1 (using DMA data transfers)
> cd0(pciide0:0:1): using PIO mode 3, DMA mode 1 (using DMA data transfers)
> wd0e: DMA error writing fsbn 16 of 16-31 (wd0 bn 1618864; cn 1606 tn 0 sn 16), retrying
> wd0: soft error (corrected)
> )
> 
> 
> So, as I've got NetBSD installing and working correctly on another PC (AMD750), the hardware MAXTOR HDD is 
OK.
> RAM is OK too, as I've put a borrowed 128MB of it, and the reboot-problem persisted.
> The problem might be - BIOS settings, ir motherboard or something misterious.. Please, take a look into
> dmesg..
> 
> I have AMIBIOS 1996 version, that does not let to change PCI IDE IRQ. Can I changed it via NetBSD, and, if
> yes, then how?
> 
> Thank you in advance..
> 
>     Desperate user
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