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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA110 ; Thu, 28 Jan 93 19:00:14 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!gemini.oscs.montana.edu!osynw From: osynw@gemini.oscs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Subject: Re: [386BSD] boot disk does absolutely nothing on gateway 4dx33v Message-ID: <1993Jan27.182955.18256@coe.montana.edu> Keywords: n Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Montana State University References: <1jkdpeINNkeg@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> <C1HowF.20x@rot.qc.ca> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:29:55 GMT Lines: 42 In article <C1HowF.20x@rot.qc.ca> captain@rot.qc.ca (Andrew Webster) writes: >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 .... >> 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)). Having to turn off external cache doesn't sound too good... > >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 >Comments anyone? Have both of you tried the NEW bootables, located at agate.berkeley.edu:~unofficial/patch-kit/*.fs-pk-0.2 ? If not, give them a try. There are some boot fixes in them that allow MOST machines to boot, although there is still some timing problems with recognizing certain IDE drives because of non-standard controllers. Also, if you can't get it to boot after trying the new boot images, try removing all of the non-necessary hardware from your machine. I had a problem when I first installed 386BSD, and it turned out to be a mis-configured SERIAL/GAME/PARALLEL card which worked fine under DOS but 386BSD needed it configured correctly. I have also seen problems with SoundBlaster's, and other non-standard cards.. Nate -- osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | A hacker w/out a home. work: (406) 994-5991 | Keeper of the Unofficial 386BSD Bug Report home: (406) 586-0579 | Please send bugs and/or fixes you find.