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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.interport.net!news.interport.net!not-for-mail From: deng@interport.net Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2.1.0 Install problems Date: 29 Nov 1995 07:49:46 -0500 Organization: Interport Communications Corp. Lines: 30 Message-ID: <49hkta$h85@interport.net> References: <49gbhc$i69@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: interport.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Clarence W. Wilkerson (wilker@math.purdue.edu) wrote: : Several attempts at an install have failed, all with a failure to reboot : after download 100's of megabytes. The partition is there, and when I : mount it with the fixit disk, there is a kernel in the root directory. : Following the alternate screen shows no error messages at any stage of : installation. : When I try to boot using the booteasy bootmanager, it will give : me the same lines as the boot floppy, but then hangs with a : single "|". It lists the default boot line as "wd(1,a)/kernel" . : Details: 100mhzDX4, VLB Promise 2300 IDE controller : Trying to set up a second drive ( MAxtor 546 ). : I overrode the autodetected disk params to be : 1023/16/63 in the CMOS set up, and in the disk geometry part : of the partition program. : Thanks for any help. I'm getting frustrated. I have the same controller card. I had to disable the on-board BIOS on the Promise card to get it to work. I don't know how this will affect large harddrives (LBA support) because I've also upgraded the BIOS on my motherboard. Hope this helps Dan -- Daniel Eng * deng@interport.net * http://www.interport.net/~deng * [Certified OS/2 Engineer] | There are two things in life that are eternal: [Team OS/2] | God's word and people. [Gateway Users International] | Invest in those things that are eternal...