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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.sunbelt.net!dial-1.r1.scspbg.sunbelt.net!tdoyle From: tdoyle@SunBelt.Net (Edward "Ted" Doyle) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc Subject: Boot problems with FreeBSD 1.1 Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 18:32:42 EST Organization: SunBelt.Net Lines: 25 Message-ID: <tdoyle.2.0043C870@SunBelt.Net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-1.r1.scspbg.sunbelt.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #1] I ordered FreeBSD 1.1 (May 1994) from Walnut Creek last year. I had no trouble installing it on my 386DX-40 and it ran fine. I recently upgraded to a 486DX4-100 processor and I am using an EIDE controller instead of a IDE. When I went to boot FreeBSD, the system hanged (with the same or simular message to the one below). So I reinstalled FreeBSD, the installation runs without any errors. But when I try to boot FreeBSD off the hard drive I get the following message and then my system hangs. >FreeBSD Boot @0x90000: 637/7424k of memory [$ Revision: 1.9.2.1 $] >use hd(1,a)/386bsd to boot sd0 when wd0 is also installed >Boot: [[[wd(0,a)]/386bsd][-s][-a][-d]] >| I can boot from floppy without problems, however, I cannot do very much. The answer may well be that I need to upgrade to FreeBSD 2.0. Any help would be appreciated. BTW what does that message mean?? the first line I understand, but not the second and third lines. -- Ted tdoyle@sunbelt.net