On Sun, 5 Apr 1998, Steven Krikstone wrote:
>
> Got a problem...
>
> Trying to install redhat 5 on a new customers machine. It is a Pentium
> 200 w/MMX, with 32 megs ram. The motherboard is an Intel 82430TX, with the
> Award 4.51PG BIOS version. For some reason, when I try booting with the
> floppy that came with redhat, the machine magically reboots as the kernel
> is loading. As far as I can tell (the info scrolls by quickly) the kernel
> gets to the "checking for HLT instruction", and then it reboots. I've
> double checked the jumper settings on the motherboard, and tried a few
> different types of SIMMS. Still reboots. Any ideas? I'm trying to prove
> RedHat's quality at my workplace, and this is not helping. They are all
> FreeBSD, BSDI 3.0 biased, and say that the rebooting is just another
> example of the poor quality and instability of Linux. (which I know is
> _not_ true)
>
You may have a bad boot floppy, grab one from the net and try it. It
may be something that simple.
later
Kelley
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