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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.bugs:503 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1596 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!nsisrv!nasahq!mnewell From: mnewell@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Problem in getting DIST disk to boot Message-ID: <1993Apr14.113543.344@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov> Date: 14 Apr 93 11:35:43 +0600 References: <1993Mar30.205022.7080@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <1993Apr5.144756.1553@intellistor.com> Organization: NASA Headquarters, Washington D. C. Lines: 63 Interesting... I had the same problem; the floppy light would come on, but no boot. I foold around with pulling boards out until I was down to just the disk controller and video board; it still wouldn't boot. However, after playing with the BIOS settings (I have an AMI BIOS dated 10/92) I stumbled across the fact that the AMI BIOS allows you to set the NUMLOCK key off during boot. Disabling this feature (that is, making NUMLOCK be ON during boot) cleared up that problem... Now it boots up to the copywrite stuff, then hangs... Sigh... Mike Newell NASA Science Internet In article <1993Apr5.144756.1553@intellistor.com>, cwolff@intellistor.com (Clint Wolff) writes: > In article <1993Mar30.205022.7080@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM> mdpc@cup.portal.com writes: >>I recently downloaded the entire 0.1 386BSD distribution and the 0.2.2 patchkit. >>I created the FIXIT and the DIST disks in the manner indicated. I tried the >>DIST boot disk on another 386 PC I have access to just to make sure the disk >>was created correctly. >> >>On the real platform, the disk will not boot at all. The floppy light just seems >>to stay on but nothing happens. Upon power up reset, I get the initial message >>but again the system hangs. I do wait for about 10-15 minutes before making this >>determination. Again, this disk works in another 386 system so the disk is not >>the problem. >> >>Hardware Configuration of real platform: >> >> 486-DX50 w/ 256K Cache >> 16 MBytes Memory >> 2-IDE Western Digital Drives aprox 200 Mbytes each >> 1 Parallel Port >> 3 Serial Ports (COM1/COM2 normal, COM3@IRQ 2 w proper IO Address) >> 1-5-1/4" floppy disk >> 1-3-1/2" floppy disk >> Orchid Farenheit 1280 VGA card w/ 1 MByte memory >> Colorado Memory System Jumbo 250 tape drive off floppy controller >> Logitech Bus Mouse @ IRQ 5 >> > Your problem is probably the bus mouse... I have a similiar problem with my > system until I pulled the cards out one-by-one... When I got to the bus mouse > everything was happy... Note: there is a kernel patch to support bus meece one > agate.berkeley.edu (? i think) in the unofficial directory... If you can't > find it there I will e-mail to you... >> >>Thanks for your help and guidance. >> > you're welcome >> >>Mike Parker >> > > > -- > +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Clint Wolff Blonde and proud of it | > | Staff Engineer | > | Fujitsu Computer Products of America - Intellistor Research and Development | > +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut. | > +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+