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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: HELP!!! - Installation Problem.
Message-ID: <1992Aug20.011957.15304@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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Organization: Weber State University (Ogden, UT)
References: <1992Aug19.153415.21185@opencon.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 01:19:57 GMT
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In article <1992Aug19.153415.21185@opencon.com> dlee@opencon.com (Daniel Lee) writes:
>Hi all.
>
>I have been trying to install 386BSD 0.1 in my Mylex EISA machine.
>It seems that the install program sets up the filesystem correctly
>but it does not finish installing. It just hangs up on me. When
>I invoke install, it formats the HD and then writes some files
>to HD. But then, after about a minute of activity, just hangs up.
>If I type CTRL-C, it displays the initial welcome message.
>
>Did anyone here had same problem? My machine config is :
>
> 486 EISA machine - Mylex
> 32 M RAM
> 1.44 M FDD - A Drive
> 1.2 M FDD - B Drive
> 1.0 Gig SCSI HD
> Adaptec 1542 Controller
> WD Elite Ethernet Card
> Trident SVGA (8900) card
>
>I remove all the other cards - Tape Drive, Multi-I/O card ...
Get my most recent dist.fs off of agate.berkeley.edu. It has the paged
memory fix, the drive lockup fix, and the 82586 (starlan) ethernet driver
from the postings in this group, as well as some significant fixes to the
memory sense to make it boot on AT&T and HP and other machines with the
ptdi... errors.
What it doesn't have:
o Chris D's fixes for zeroing out base memory for laptops.
o The Gate A20 fix for laptops (so you don't have to hold a key
down for it to boot and recognize the keyboard).
o The suggested fix for the reboot code (without it, WD8003
cards with soft setup tend to get their setup trashed as
processor registers are overwritten in shutdown -r, shutdown -todos,
and shutdown -to386bsd to force a soft reset)
o The two drive fix (with 2 swap support).
Most of these patches are available on agate. My boot code fixes aren't,
yet, as I want to do a bit more with them first. No, I can't send the
fixes to you, as I am mid project in something else and my kernel is
rather unstable.
Terry Lambert
terry_lambert@gateway.novell.com
terry@icarus.weber.edu
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