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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!pilhuhn!flatlin!subnet.sub.net!nadia!delos!luva!migieger From: migieger@luva.stgt.sub.org (Michael Giegerich) Subject: Re: auto-reset when booting install floppies? Organization: private 386bsd site References: <748206430rommel.root@ars.muc.de> <almCDHGnz.CHv@netcom.com> Message-ID: <CDL93H.9q@luva.stgt.sub.org> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1993 06:37:51 GMT Lines: 30 In article <almCDHGnz.CHv@netcom.com> alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore) writes: >In article <748206430rommel.root@ars.muc.de> rommel@ars.muc.de (Kai Uwe Rommel) writes: >>I have recently tried both the NetBSD 0.9 and FreeBSD boot floppies to >>install 386BSD on my system. Both boot floppy sets show the same [...] >>The system: 486DX-50, EISA (Intel chipset), Adaptec 1742A (yes, I used >>the correct boot floppy), SCSI peripherals (DEC disk, Tandberg streamer, >>NEC CD-ROM), Trident SVGA, Paradise 8514/A+, four serial ports (4 x >>16550A), PAS-16 sound card, WD 8003 network card. > >If you have any "advanced" features on the 1742 card turned on, turn >these off and try again. The 1742 is well supported, so there >shouldn't be a problem. >-AM Does this mean that as with 386bsd-0.1 you have to boot w/ 174x in standard mode and leave it to the driver to switch the con- troller to enhanced mode? (this is very annoying if you have more than one OS on your system because you cripple (from a performance point of view) the other OS's; in my case DOS and OS/2). Bye, Michael -- ------------------------------+------------------------------ Michael Giegerich | migieger@luva.stgt.sub.org ------------------------------+------------------------------