Subject: Re: boot problems on VIA Eden i586 board
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.org>
From: Jukka Salmi <j+nbsd@2005.salmi.ch>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/06/2005 20:35:11
Jukka Salmi --> port-i386 (2005-03-06 20:32:07 +0100):
> Kurt Albershardt --> port-i386 (2005-03-06 11:28:20 -0800):
> > Trying to install 2.0 on a Via EPIA 8000 board (800 MHz Ezra/i586) but the 
> > installer ISO just reboots over & over & over again.  Boots & installs fine 
> > on a V10000 (1 GHz Nehemiah) but when I move the hard drive over to the 
> > i586 it hangs on bootup.
> > 
> > Anyone got a pointer to something that will boot on these boards?  I know 
> > Gentoo Linux had trouble with their installer until recently.
> 
> See PR 26007[1] and the NetBSD mailing list archives.

...and especially this[2] post... ;-)


> HTH, Jukka
> 
> [1] http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=26007

[2] http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-i386/2005/02/28/0005.html

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