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Article #85Re: Microport Unix SVR3.2 boot problem
From: Derek E. Terveer
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 1991 02:03
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 1991 02:03
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cirian@einstein.eds.com (Steve Cirian) writes: [Must turn off machine for 10 minutes before rebooting unix] >My speculation is this: Something is overheating (the processor, the hard drive > controller?). After it cools off, the system is OK. Sounds to me like something is wrong with the cmos configuration for unix. If the battery is low/deadish, perhaps turning off power for 10 minutes allows the battery to discharge enough that the cmos resets to some default values of some sort and allows your system to reboot. Then power being restored allows the cmos to get changed back to some other values that prevent unix from being booted? Sounds crazy, but you *might* want to check your cmos battery. -- Derek "Tigger" Terveer det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG - MNFHA, NCS - UMN Women's Lax, MWD I am the way and the truth and the light, I know all the answers; don't need your advice. -- "I am the way and the truth and the light" -- The Legendary Pink Dots
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!src.honeywell.com!msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!atc!s5000!nightowl!hawkmoon!det From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv286,comp.unix.sysv386,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Microport Unix SVR3.2 boot problem Keywords: microport unix boot hardware Message-ID: <1991Jan14.020338.20709@hawkmoon.MN.ORG> Date: 14 Jan 91 02:03:38 GMT References: <244@einstein.eds.com> Organization: Home System (One of the Eternal Champions); Eagan, MN, 55123-2507, USA Lines: 19