Date: 20 dec 2004

Plase take a look at PR 26007
(http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=26007)

Could it be the same problem?

Regards,
Roberto

e-mail roberto.trovo [at] redix.it

> Hi all -
>
> I'm having trouble getting NetBSD running on my new box. Here are the
> specs:
>
> 	Via EPIA Mini-ITX mobo
> 	Via C3 cpu (800MHz)
> 	VIA 8601A north bridge
> 	VT8231 south bridge
> 	Integrated 'Trident' graphics
> 	Via VT6103 Rhine-II network adapter
>
> Given the ease with which a colleague had a similar box up and running
> recently, I was hoping the install would be the usual straightforward
> affair.
>
> Unfortunately, when I boot the machine with the install CD in the
> drive, it causes an immediate reboot. The BIOS checks run, then it
> spins up the CD and *bam* -- reboot.
>
> I checked the disc in another machine -- no problem there, and I booted
> a gentoo livecd to check the hardware -- no problems there either.
>
> I checked the archives, and found reports of people running netbsd
> quite happily on similar hardware -- I can't see anything glaringly
> wrong with the specs (although I'm fully prepared to be proven wrong on
> that).
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions? It's rather depressing to see the
> gentoo livecd boot perfectly, and have the netbsd install fail to even
> begin.
>
> Seasons greetings,
>
> Henry.
>
>