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From: echet <echet@coil.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Couple of "gotchas" for NCR and Diamomd Stealth64 users
Date: 3 Sep 1995 01:45:55 GMT
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>I upgraded the flash BIOS in the NCR from 3.04.00
>to 3.06.00 and whoops FreeBSD wont boot anymore
>neither will DOS. The MBR boot prompter comes
>up but says:
>
>default: F?
>
>and pressing F1 (DOS) or F2 (FreeBSD) results
>in nothing and the same prompt. So it looks
>like there may be a problem with MBR and version
>3.06.00 of the NCR PCI BIOS. Reloaded the 3.04.00
>BIOS and no problem. Just to check I ftp'd the
>3.06.00 a couple more times and reloaded with
>same result.

I have used FreeBSD with 3.06.00 and 3.07.00 without any problems.  I'm
using 3.07.00 now.

Eric