Re: Reboot while booting..once again

[Chris Jester <chris splitinfinity com>]

Upgrade the BIOS, it works!  Especially with IWILL boards and Shuttle Boards.
In some cases, downgrading the BIOS works even better.

>Hi,
>I'm a very new ... newbie with a problem:
>Trying to install Red Hat 4.2 on a P166MMX/KM-T5-T1 mainboard
>computer I the kernel resets the machine while booting...
>I can't see very well when exactly this happens as the printing on screen
>dissapears very fast but I suspect that it resets during the
>"Calibrating delay loop...".
>
>I read this list's archive and saw somebody with a similar mainboard had
>the same problem.Somebody suggested a BIOS upgrade,but the guy never told if
>he followed the sugestion and if it actually worked.
>
>It's kinda risky to do that so I don't wanna do it unless it's really
>necessary...Can somebody tell me if it works or better, if there's another
>less drastic fix to the problem ?
>
>If this is already a known bug ,I appologise cause I haven't been able read
>the errata section on redhat's site...I don't have much of net acces:-(
>
>Thanks,
>xian
>
>
>
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