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From: ece_0051@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu (Anand Kuratti)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: 386BSD Installation
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Date: 31 Jan 93 09:00:02 GMT
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I have been trying to get 386BSD to boot on an AT&T WGS 6386/E Model S
with limited success. The system is configured as follows:
1. WD7000 SCSI controller
a. IRQ: 15
b. DMA channel: 6
c. I/O address: 0x350
d. BIOS ROM address: 0xCE000
e. connected to:
3.5 1.44 MB floppy drive
HP 600 MB SCSI hard drive (SCSI ID 0)
120 MB Wangtek tape drive (SCSI ID 3)
2. Diamond SpeedSTAR SVGA controller
a. IRQ: 2
b. Normal Bus Timing
3. StarLAN 10 PC NAU V4.20 Ethernet card:
a. IRQ: 5
b. I/O address: 360-367
c. RAM address: D000
d. RAM size: 16K
At first I saw the problem with the CMOS using the standard dist.fs
(flashing screen, etc.), and downloaded the patch for that problem from
agate.berkeley.edu (dist.starlan.cmos.fs).
While booting, the screen appears as follows:
Primary Boot-Strap
Warning: Base memory 639K, assuming 640K
386BSD Release 0.1 by William and Lynne Jolitz. [0.1.24 07/14/92 19:07]
Copyright (c) 1989,1990,1991,1992 William F. Jolitz. All rights reserved.
Based in part on work by the 386BSD User Community and the BSD
Networking Software, Release 2 by UCB EECS Department.
pc0<color> at 0x60 irq 1 on isa
com1 at 0x3f8 irq 4 on isa
com2 at 0x2f8 irq 3 on isa
wd0 at 0x1f0 irq 14 on isa
fd0 drives 0: 1.44M at 0x3f0 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
ie0 <StarLAN 10 R2> ethernet address 08:00:6a:81:a6:b3 at 0x360 irq 3 on isa
npx0 at 0xf0 irq13 on isa
changing root device to fd0a
At this point, the floppy drive drive light goes off and the system hangs
(rebootable by CTL-ALT-DEL). I have tried the new patch-kist dist.fs, but wd0 is
not recognized and the system still hangs at the same point.
I have tried to boot without the ethernet card, fiddle with interrupts, etc.
but the system always hangs at the same point during boot up.
MS-DOS DOS 5.0, Linux, and AT&T System V/386 Release 4 all run fine and do not
complain about any of the above configuration. In addition, all equipment passes
manufacturer's diagnostics.
I know I am creating the image file correctly because I have tested the
patch-kit dist.fs on a Compaq 386S and no problems occur.
Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Anand Kuratti
kuratti@ece.arizona.edu