Kenneth Freidank wrote:
> I just tried to install NetBSD 2.1 via floppy, 3.0 and 3.1 via CD on a 
> new T5048 eMachine (Gateway).
>
> As soon as the NetBSD loads, the machine does a warm restart.
>
> I even bought a new drive, installed 3.1 on it using a different 
> machine, and verified the installation.  I installed the NetBSD drive 
> as the only drive in the T5048, primary, master.  When starting the 
> T5048, I got the boot selection menu, selected NetBSD, the OS started 
> to load, and as soon as the numbers quit marching across the screen at 
> the top, signifying the OS was done loading, the eMachine warm 
> restarted.  Not a single system query started.  The system just 
> restarted.
>
> My bios does not leave me much to change.  Is there a kernel option 
> that I can change and recompile to get my system to keep from restarting?
>
> Has anyone experienced a similar problem and solved it?
>
> Thanks,
> Kenneth
>

More info. 

This is not a H/W problem. I run Windows XP MCE and passes all system 
tests on my machine out of the box, and it doesn't miss a beat.  I also 
tried an in store T5212 eMachine (don't know the motherboard) and it 
also went into the enless restart loop. A T6540 eMachine in the store 
booted NetBSD just fine using the same 3.0 ISO CD image.  Board is an 
Intel Grant County 2, D102GGC2.

I updated the BIOS to Intel's most recent BIOS Update 1084 
[GC11020M.86A] 11/10/2006 using the Windows express updater. The problem 
remains.

I've seen one other post on www.bsdforums.org of someone having the same 
problem, but no solution.

Has anyone solved this?

Anyone have a suggestion for changing Kernel options that would keep 
this from happening?