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From: rstout@aloha.com (Roger Stout )
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: P5-90 and BUSLOGIC 946C
Date: 11 Dec 1994 16:01:17 GMT
Organization: Flex Information Network HAWAII
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James Miller (millerj@OES.ORST.EDU) wrote:
: I am running BSDI v. 1.1 (BSD 4.4)
:....
: are found.  I was told the BL 946C was supported.  I also tried booting off
: of floppy but it hangs right after I enter the root partition for it to find.
: I also have it setup to boot either DOS or UNIX and the DOS works fine so I
: would eliminate hardware.

I had the same problem.  I am running BSDI with the same hardware.  The 
solution for me was to copy the kernel (bsd) from the boot floppy to the 
root of the hard disk.  It now boots to the hard drive.
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               ==   Roger Stout - rstout@aloha.com    ==