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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!osyjm From: osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Can't boot on Dell 466/ME Date: 20 Aug 1993 16:35:15 GMT Organization: Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman MT, 59717 Lines: 23 Message-ID: <252ug3$3pq@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <YASUSHI.93Aug20110556@rosa.access.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: schizo.coe.montana.edu In article <YASUSHI.93Aug20110556@rosa.access.co.jp>, Yasushi Saito <yasushi@access.co.jp> wrote: >I'm trying to boot 386bsd on Dell 466ME, EISA machine with AHA1742A, >with 1.4G SCSI HDD. 1742A is configured to run on standard mode. >I set dist-fs.pk-0.2 floppy and powered on. It seems that 386bsd >starts, and files lines of messages appear on the screen. Then, it >suddenly reboots without confirmation. I don't remember that the pk-0.2 stuff had a kernel configured for both the 1740 and 1540 series, I seem to remember way back then having a kernel that would boot both was problematic. It's not a problem with the latest boot stuff, but back then, I think it was broke. You need somebody to fix you up a boot floppy, or hang on a bit for the boot disks from FreeBSd, which run a whole slew of SCSI controllers, or look at NetBSD's boot stuff. (You can use NetBSD's boot disks to install 386bsd, if you're careful). -- Jaye Mathisen, COE Systems Manager (406) 994-4780 410 Roberts Hall,Dept. of Computer Science Montana State University,Bozeman MT 59717 osyjm@cs.montana.edu