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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:9028 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:2130 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:5687 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!ibmpcug!ibmpcug!iocgate!ecw From: ecw@ioc.co.uk (Edward Wilson) Subject: Re: Tell me it is not so. (Booting problems AHA-1542C) Sender: news@ioc.co.uk Message-ID: <CLrwF2.L1J@ioc.co.uk> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 09:16:14 GMT References: <2kimoh$pg9@quba.quantum.de> Nntp-Posting-Host: rhino.ioc.co.uk Organization: Intelligent Office Company Ltd. X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5 Lines: 34 Jan-Hinrich Fessel (fessel@quantum.de) wrote: : In article <MYCROFT.94Feb17145104@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu>, : Charles Hannum <mycroft@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu> wrote: : >In article <1994Feb16.133543.6901@news.brandonu.ca> : >weingart@BrandonU.CA (Tobias Weingartner) writes: : > : > The problem is that the AHA BIOS is disabled. : > : >Since NetBSD (and FreeBSD) both use the BIOS facilities to load the : >kernel, you *must* have the adapter's BIOS enabled to boot. : : And it should be very easy to enable the BIOS using the : configuration utility built into the 1542C. If the adapter does not : prompt you for ^A at bootup, be sure to have old DOS handy ;-) : : On the other hand, it was not possible for me to boot NetBSD : with the 1542C BIOS enabled _and_ any WD type disk enabled : by the machine's setup program. This is a limitation of the PC architecture. A PC always tries to boot from devices in it's own BIOS (setup) first. This is no problem as long as you know. : : cheers : Oskar : -- : ============================================================================== : Jan-Hinrich Fessel , Systemverwaltung : Quantum Gesellschaft fuer Software mbH, D-4600 Dortmund, Germany : fessel@quantum.DE Jan-Hinrich_Fessel@un.maus.DE Cheers, Ed. ==