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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!umeecs!quip.eecs.umich.edu!dmuntz From: dmuntz@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Daniel A Muntz) Subject: Re: Problem with OPTi? Message-ID: <1992Sep7.160312.1652@zip.eecs.umich.edu> Keywords: OPTi Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News) Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor References: <terry.715846751@uivlsi.csl.uiuc.edu> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 16:03:12 GMT Lines: 17 In article <terry.715846751@uivlsi.csl.uiuc.edu> terry@uivlsi.csl.uiuc.edu (Terry Lee) writes: > Has anyone been able to get 0.1 to run on any 486 machine based on >an OPTi chipset? If so, are you using the 486SXWB or 486WB motherboard? >I think I am experiencing bug BOOT009 in Nate Williams's bug list version 0.2, >where all of the boot floppies lock up the system after displaying the initial >copyright message (before listing any devices found). I have an OPTi 486SXWB >motherboard (486DX-33, 06/06/91 AMI BIOS). Please, I really need help with >this! Also, if no one has found a fix, new buyers should be warned away from >this motherboard (or chipset)! Thanks. The OPTI chipset/AMI BIOS combination is working for others. I'm running 0.1 (and ran 0.0) on an OPTI-495WB with AMI BIOS without problems (486DX50 ISA). This combination is also known to work under Mach and Linux. You might try changing some of the parameters in the AMI setup. The default worked for me. -Dan