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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!qualcomm.com!beast!tkasner From: tkasner@qualcomm.com (Thomas Kasner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Install disks vs. scsi Date: 13 Nov 1995 13:50:30 -0800 Organization: QUALCOMM, Incorporated; San Diego, CA, USA Lines: 29 Message-ID: <tkasner.816298545@beast> NNTP-Posting-Host: beast.qualcomm.com I just recently installed the 1.1_Alpha for NetBSD i386 and was reminded of a quirk that I noticed when I installed originally.. At home, I have a 486 with SCSI as the main HD type. I don't normally have an IDE drive installed on my system. Whenever I attempt to boot from the install floppies my machine panics and reboots just as it is starting to install the kernel into memory. A solution that I have found to work for me is to install an IDE drive, and set it up as my boot device in the bios. After I have done this, I can then boot the system from the floppy and install onto the SCSI disk. (Note: the IDE drive is *empty* and never accessed during the boot process) I normally have the IDE drive in a dusty box that I never touch.. I only keep it around so that I have the ability to boot from one of the floppy images. Has anyone heard of this, or have a possible explanation? On a side note, I am real pleased with the performance of 1.1_alpha... I was testing BSDI as a possible alternative OS, but I think that the changes that I have already noticed on my system have convinced me to stick with NetBSD. --Kris tkasner@qualcomm.com -- ________________________________________________________________________________ T Kris Kasner tkasner@qualcomm.com --Hey, Did I ever tell you about the time that I... CS-Operations Wait.. That wasn't ME!