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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.wyoming.com!tssnext.TotSysSoft.com!tss_news From: rick@TotSysSoft (Richard Jacoby) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Free bsd wont boot(more details) Date: 25 Oct 1995 11:54:52 GMT Organization: Total System Software Lines: 36 Distribution: world Message-ID: <46l8ic$1sn@tssnext.TotSysSoft.com> Reply-To: rick@TotSysSoft (Richard Jacoby) NNTP-Posting-Host: cys-cap-11.wyoming.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Let me go into more detail about my problem.. The motherboard I have here is called a SI54P AIO it is a P90 and has a phoenix bios. According to the manual it has a SiS 85C501 for PCI/ISA Cache memory controller SiS 85C502 for PCI local data buffer SiS 85C503 for PCI System IO CMD 10640B for PCI bus IDE controller SMC 37C665 for Super IO controller UMC 82C865 for IO TTL integration In the Bios, I have LBA mode disabled. I have installed both net and Free BSD and it goes something like this for net (very simalsimilarer with free) I put the boot floppies in and it boots up no problem. Finds the hard drive and reports the geometry just like its supposed to. When I do the install, this goes on without a hitch. I reboot from the floopy and do a copy_kernel(In NetBSD). This also works fine. After the system is installed, I try to reboot off the HD and the after hearing the drive, I get "read error" on the screen If I boot from the floppy, and I type wd(0,a)<kernelname> at the boot prompt, it switches to the HD and boots up no problem. If I take a drive I have running on another machine (a 486) It acts the exact same way. It has a boot manager which comes up. If I tell it to boot DOS, it works fine. If I tell it BSD, it locks up. Very strange, any one got any ideas Thanks, Rick ,