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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA83 ; Thu, 28 Jan 93 07:00:19 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!charnel!sifon!broue!captain From: captain@rot.qc.ca (Andrew Webster) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: [386BSD] boot disk does absolutely nothing on gateway 4dx33v Message-ID: <C1HowF.20x@rot.qc.ca> Date: 27 Jan 93 01:45:50 GMT References: <1jkdpeINNkeg@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> Organization: Groupe de Recherche Operationnelle en Telecommunication (ROT) Inc. Lines: 35 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] Timothy Miller (tim@news.Brown.EDU) wrote: > I have acquired the boot disk image for 386bsd, and no matter what I try, > when my system starts up, it displays all the bios messages, and then hangs > with the floppy drive light on. I have tried waiting for half an hour (just > to be on the safe side), I've tried keeping the keyboard unplugged during > reboot and also only unplugging it when it gets to the hang stage (because of > reading about gateway keyboard problems), I've tried disabling in nvram/eeprom > everything I can get my hands on, including setting IDE speed to slow, > cpu speed to slow, internal & external caching off, bios shadowing disabled, > ide block mode disabled, turning the ATI's memory aperture off, etc. I've > tried booting off of fixit as well as dist, and as well as the debug versions > of the bootables. I know I'm installing the disk image correctly because > doing the same thing with the linux disk images works perfectly (in fact linux > successfully installs and runs fine, without my even needing to turn anything > off (except gcc dies unless I turn external caching off)). Rather intteresting... I have the same problem, different hardware! Here's the scoop: 386DX-20 no cache, 4MB RAM, Logitech EGA, 80MB IDE, locks up on floppy boot 386DX-33 64K cache, 8MB RAM, ATI VGA Wonder, 2x100MB Rodime IDE, WD8013 works! 486DX-33 256K cache, 16MB RAM, ATI XL, SCSI drives, WD8013 etc etc... works! Sounds like some incompatible mother board or floppy conroller! Comments anyone? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- captain@broue.rot.qc.ca | Andrew Webster | "The engines canna take it | | anymore cap'n..." IP: 192.77.49.131 | ROT inc. ------------------------------ | Recherche Operationnelle en Telecommunication | Voice: +1 514 737 0020 | Dataradio Inc. Fax: +1 514 737 7883 | Montreal, Quebec -------------------------------------------------------------------------------