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From: bstrawse@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Bryan Strawser)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: NetBSD 1.0 Boot Hang....
Date: 28 Nov 1994 15:30:51 GMT
Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington IN
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OS: NetBSD 1.0 Release

System:
    Cyrix 486DLC-40mhz w/128k cache
    8MB Ram
    2 serial w/ 16550 UARTS
    1 parallel
    Serial mouse
    Old Oak VGA Controller w/ VGA Monitor
    Soundblaster 8-bit
    Wearnes CD-ROM drive w/ controller
    1.44Mb Floppy
    Colorado Jumbo 250MB Tape

Problem:
    Installed NetBSD 1.0.  Through kernel & installation disks, no problems,
    my 85MB Drive is split into 30 & 55MB parititions.  The 55MB is the NetBSD
    slice, used pfdisk for this.  Installed as 50MB / partition and 5 MB
    Swap (Plan on increasing swap afrter installation by using the 340MB
    Drive).

    NetBSD & BIOS report disk geometry as 980/10/17/512.  I enter this,
    and install kernel onto wd0a.  No problems.  When I boot from the hard
    drive, I get the NetBSD boot prompt, i enter wd(0,a)/netbsd, and it
    hangs.

Ideas?  I'm totally stuck :-)

Thanks,

Bryan