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From: garyt@lgc.com (Gary Thompson)
Subject: [386BSD] Compaq boot problems and other newbie questions
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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1993 16:54:20 GMT
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Hello,
I have an old Compaq Systempro 386/25 that I'm trying to install
386BSD on and I have a couple of questions. I was told that the
{dist,fixit}.fs.pk-0.2 images should work on the Compaq, but I
was unable to get them to work. It appeared to be booting fine
but upon displaying "changing root device to fd0a", it then
proceeded to hang (although occasionally it would hang right after
displaying the release message). Has anyone experienced anything
similar to this or know what may be wrong? I did find some stock
0.1 images on wotan.compaq.com (?), but there were no patches, so
even if I was able to get it installed, I don't know if I'd be
able to build a working, patched kernel for my machine.
Currently, I have DOS and Linux already on the machine. Looking
at the FAQ, it seems possible to install 386BSD on a separate
partition without hosing DOS or Linux, but I would appreciate
some reassurances (and tips :-)) from someone who's successfully
managed this already. I'd especially appreciate any info using
LILO to choose among the three at boot time.
Thanks!
Gary
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Gary Thompson gthompson@lgc.com
Landmark Graphics Houston, TX Phone: (713) 560-1262 Fax: (713) 560-1277
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