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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA761 ; Sun, 07 Feb 93 10:01:26 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!swrinde!gatech!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!ucla-mic!MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU!IZZYPI9 From: IZZYPI9@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Alexander Burchell) Subject: Re: Help request: can't boot dist.fs floppy on Micronics 486 Message-ID: <19930204143556IZZYPI9@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU> Sender: MVS NNTP News Reader <NNMVS@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU> Nntp-Posting-Host: mvs.oac.ucla.edu References: <19930201134953IZZYPI9@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU> Date: 4 Feb 93 14:36:12 PST Lines: 26 In article <19930201134953IZZYPI9@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>, on 1 Feb 93 13:50:07 PST, IZZYPI9@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Alexander Burchell) writes: >I wonder if anyone can help me with this frustrating problem. Having >purchased a machine to run 386BSD and ignoring the advice to pre-test it >with the "dist.fs" floppy (a mistake), I now find that my system will >not boot this floppy! ( ... ) I have the following hardware: >Micronics 486/66 DX2 ISA MB w/8MB, 256K cache >TEAC floppy drives (1.2 MB & 1.44 MB) >On-board "local bus" (VESA VL-BUS) IDE HD/FD controller >"local bus" ET4000 based SVGA card >Phoenix BIOS I am happy to say that I received replies from several people suggesting that I try a new version of the "dist.fs" floppy, found in the following path on AGATE.BERKELEY.EDU: /pub/386BSD/386bsd-0.1/unofficial/patch-kit/dist.fs-pk-0.2 This floppy cleared up all problems that I was having. Booting, installation, etc. all went perfectly without a problem. In addition, several persons commented that they had had the same motherboard running for some time as a 386BSD machine with no problems. Thank you to all who responded to my original note. Alexander Burchell IZZYPI9@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU