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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!nih-csl!rwatson From: rwatson@nih.gov (Robert Watson) Subject: 2.0.5R -- boot failure on inst floppy Message-ID: <1995Jun11.193433.22255@alw.nih.gov> Sender: postman@alw.nih.gov (AMDS Postmaster) Nntp-Posting-Host: kronos.nchgr.nih.gov Organization: National Institutes of Health X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 19:34:33 GMT Lines: 16 I just ftp'd the installation floppy (boot.flp) and created the disk on a 3.5" disk drive (a:). I used essentially the same method as for 2.0, which worked fine. Unfortunately, when I begin the boot process, I get this far: Booting fd(0,a)/kernel @ 0x300000 text=0x100000 data=0x0 bss=0xa00 symbols=[+0x600+0x4+0x258+0x4+0x1d9] total=0x401439 entry point=0x300000 And then the system freezes with the floppy disk light on. Keyboard toggles (caps lock) don't change the lights. I'm working with a 386sx20 with 4 megs of ram, IDE (generic) controller w/2 HD's, 3 serial ports (2x16550 and one 8250, IRQ's 3, 4, 5) SMC Ultra Elite (irq 2) SBPro (irq 10). I'm getting the 2.0 floppy again just to make sure it's not my system failing to boot, but I've been running DOS/Windows fine for years on this system.. -- Robert Watson rwatson@sidwell.edu http://www.sidwell.edu/~rwatson/ The goal of science is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature is to build better mice.