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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: billpaul@aol.com (BillPaul) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Newbie boot floppy problem -Help me! Date: 19 Aug 1995 18:23:53 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 25 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <415o9p$526@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: billpaul@aol.com (BillPaul) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I am trying to install freeBSD 2.0.5 and am having some problems with the boot floppy. I created the floppy with rawrite.exe from a DOS machine. When I boot the target computer with the disk, it starts out OK, "Probing for devices on the ISA bus" finding everything correctly until "wdc1 not found at 0x0170". After this message, it hangs. No key press does anything, and the floppy and hard disk are silent. I assume it is looking for a second harddisk. It does recognize my first and only harddisk (Maxtor 7540AV). I checked the BIOS setup, and disk "D" is not installed, the jumpers are correct on the disk, and it worked fine booting under DOS. Some more info on my system: 1.44 floppy 386DX-40 4 MB RAM cheap NE2000 card (UMC) cheap Trident 256K video Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks -Bill Paul ************************************ Bill Paul (that was my last name!) billpaul@aol.com San Diego, CA ************************************