From nobody@FreeBSD.org Sat Sep 14 22:19:23 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 694C837B400 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:19:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CC5743E4A for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:19:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g8F5JMOT008960 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:19:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g8F5JM2M008959; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:19:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200209150519.g8F5JM2M008959@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:19:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Jensen To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Asks for "ew Password" then unexpectably reboots during install X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 >Number: 42794 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: Asks for "ew Password" then unexpectably reboots during install >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Sep 14 22:20:01 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: Fri Jul 18 16:04:56 PDT 2003 >Last-Modified: Fri Jul 18 16:04:56 PDT 2003 >Originator: Jeff Jensen >Release: 4.6.2 >Organization: >Environment: Cant get >Description: On my old K6-2 machine with 64 megs of PC100 and a 4 megabyte video card while installing the packages it stops and displays, "ew Password?" After typing in a password it says, "Retype Password" and after retyping it it reboots my computer. I have tried about 7 different approaches to installing (off of burned cdroms) and all of them are plagued by this. >How-To-Repeat: Try installing freeBSD on a computer identical to mine? >Fix: no idea... >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: kris State-Changed-When: Fri Jul 18 16:04:23 PDT 2003 State-Changed-Why: This sounds like bad hardware. k6-2 CPUs are notoriously hot and require heavy-duty CPU cooling. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=42794 >Unformatted: