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From: mirth@genesis.MCS.COM (Gavin S. Patton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: 486DX2 and Tiny BSD?
Date: 17 Jun 1993 22:24:33 -0500
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Mike Newell (mnewell@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov.) wrote:
: I had the sampe problem. Fortunately I was able to use the 386
: system to debug the 486; the problem for me turned out (apparently)
: to be a timing problem in the keyboard initialization code; I added
: some idling code immediately after the keyboard reset and it
: cleared the problem up.
: Two points: I made a boot disk for another user with the patched
: code, but he says he could never get it to boot.
: Someone posted a reply to me telling me the patch I used had already
: been applied (using better code) to the distribution floppy. However,
: I was using the floppy he indicated had been fixed, and I still had
: the problem. So...
: I *WAS* able to boot the NetBSD distribution floppies (after several
: tries) with no problem. So you might want to drift over to
: sunlamp.cs.berkeley.edu and grab their boot floppies and see if
: they work. If you like I can send you the patched version I created
: to see if it works too...
I tried what you suggested...and it works! It booted up just fine,
telling me that I can run NetBSD on my 486...
...but all I can do with the disk is copy it to my hard drive. Maybe
when I get OS/2 for it (if the boss says "yes", and the budget is big
enough), I'll reserve 40MB or so for a U**x partition to play a bit.
The 486 is my work machine...it's bigger and more scary than my home machine,
which is anemic and weaselly en-disked (only 40MB...see later msg on Tiny
BSD and small partitions...choke).
------------------------- Gavin
"Always get the first shot off quickly. That slows them up enough so the
second shot can get them."
-- Lazarus Long