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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7665 ; Mon, 25 Jan 93 12:19:36 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!princeton!ernie.Princeton.EDU!bkc From: bkc@ernie.Princeton.EDU (Bruce Caruthers) Subject: Re: [386BSD] Still trying to install... Message-ID: <1993Jan21.092014.15598@Princeton.EDU> Summary: Finally got it to work Originator: news@nimaster Sender: news@Princeton.EDU (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: ernie.princeton.edu Organization: Princeton University References: <1993Jan20.075418.26319@Princeton.EDU> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 09:20:14 GMT Lines: 19 > i486/40 ISA, 8MB RAM, 44.7 MB Seagate ST-157A IDE > Microid Research BIOS (MR BIOS) Okay, I finally got things to boot (now I can go get the rest of the system) What I had to do: Disable external cache Set cold-boot delay to 1 second or greater While I am glad I can get it to work, this is somewhat annoying that I have to disable the cache. Also, I would like to know _why_ these were problems? -bkc -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bkc@{phoenix|cs}.Princeton.EDU caruthrs@thumper.Princeton.EDU Bruce Caruthers '93 Princeton University bkc@Sgi.COM "It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live." -- Marcus Aurelius