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From: ajv@xhost92.csd.mot.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Can't get 0.1 to boot from HD
Message-ID: <6854@motcsd.csd.mot.com>
Date: 19 Jul 92 23:49:38 GMT
References: <1992Jul18.140749.22030@ulci20.unil.ch>
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mike@ulinf0.unil.ch (Michael BLOCH) writes:

>I've been desesperatly trying to get 386BSD 0.1 to boot from my hard drive
>without any success.

Ditto, but with a different twist.  The floppy boots fine, the install
runs to completion.  I can even mount the partition, set my PATH to
point down onto the hard disk, run commands, switch active partitions,
the whole ball of wax.  When I try to boot from hard disk, my system
hangs solid.  No messages.

Is there some way to patch the /unix image on a standalone floppy
so that it'll switch to a hard disk for the root filesystem?  That
way I could continue the install, even though the actual boot would
come from floppy.  Are there any techniques for gathering more
information on what's happening?

Configuration:
	Mandax 25 Mhz i386 4 Mb RAM 32K cache
	100 Mb Toshiba MFM
	Combo floppy/hard/COM1/COM2/LPT1 controller
	Oak VGA

By the way, it also correctly ID'ed my Micropolis on an Adaptec,
but I pulled the card out to keep things simple during the install.
Booting 0.1 from floppy and messing around on the floppy made me
feel like I was hacking V7 again--what fun!

					Regards,
					Andy Valencia
					ajv@csd.mot.com