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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!math.ohio-state.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!henson!n9245163 From: n9245163@henson.cc.wwu.edu (paul r. komarek) Subject: cannot boot with dist.fs or fixit.fs Message-ID: <1993Jul18.214908.1249@henson.cc.wwu.edu> Summary: unable to boot 386bsd on Packard Bell 386SX/20 Keywords: packard bell 386SX/20 dist.fs fixit.fs boot load Organization: Western Washington University Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1993 21:49:08 GMT Lines: 27 Running a packard bell 386SX/20, I am unable to boot with the rawritten copy of dist.fs or fixit.fs . I waited about 10 minutes with no response. This may be some helpful info: --I read in INSTALL.NOTES that 386bsd minimally requires a hard disk and controller, floppy disk drive, and display adapter. Many DOS programs have had a hard time locating and identifying my display adapter (some kind of Western Digital/Paradise thing hard-wired to the motherboard. I had trouble finding it, and identifying it, well, I found a piece of software that could tell me. If the numbers of the WD chipset are needed, I could dig up the software and check again). --The Linux boot disk has been successfully loaded in the past. --If more info is needed on the display, hard disk, or floppy, I have to take the computer apart to read the labels on the components, or jerry-rig some other software method of finding out. I'm hoping that someone already knows the problem and solution. If all else fails, I'll just write off the problem to owning a Packard Bell. Paul Komarek n9245163@henson.cc.wwu.edu