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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!aaron From: Aaron.Roydhouse@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Aaron Roydhouse) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: Problems with installation of NetBSD 0.9... Date: 21 Sep 1993 06:44:13 GMT Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Victoria Uni. of Wellington, NZ. Lines: 37 Distribution: world Message-ID: <AARON.93Sep21184413@downstage.comp.vuw.ac.nz> References: <27ldlm$j27@acsc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: downstage.comp.vuw.ac.nz In-reply-to: fmayhar@acsc.com's message of 20 Sep 1993 23:17:10 GMT ==> "Frank" == Frank Mayhar <fmayhar@acsc.com> writes: Frank> I've been installing NetBSD 0.9 on my 486 system this weekend, Frank> and have run into a showstopper. From time to time, I get a Frank> "ISA strayintr 7" message, and the system goes straight off Frank> into the weeds. It typically happens after booting, right Frank> before fsck runs. (I also see a message indicating an Frank> unexpected interrupt from wdc0 at this point, but I don't know Frank> whether that is related.) If it happens during boot, the system Frank> hangs at that point. I have NetBSD 0.9 on a 486dx2/33 and two identical IDE drives sharing the one controller. I began to experience just the behaviour you describe after I added the second IDE drive. Specifically on normal boot-up it checks the root file system then hangs; every time. If I do a fast reboot, thus avoiding the file check, I can then run fsck manually and have no problems. Earlier I had one drive and no problem on boot-up; well I got the "ISA strayintr 7" anyway but it didn't lead to a hang. This isn't a show-stopper for me so long as I avoid the "fsck -p" during bootup and run it myself afterwards. I don't know for sure the second IDE drive is the real cause, but I noted you also had two IDE drives: Frank> My system is a 486/DX clone with 8 MB memory and 128K cache. It Frank> contains a QuickPath 13-port multifunction card which provides Frank> 4 16550 serial uarts, two floppy controllers (one of which is Frank> disabled) and an IDE drive connection. The IDE drives (two) are Frank> a WD Cavair 2200, shared between DOS and NetBSD, and a Quantum Frank> 80 MB drive which is all DOS. Aaron. -- Aaron Roydhouse / Tel: +64 4 471-5328 Fax: +64 4 495-5232 Victoria University, NZ. / Mail: P.O. Box 11-704, Wellington, N.Z. aaron@comp.vuw.ac.nz / Quote: "Death: To stop sinning suddenly"