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From: jkane@earth.execpc.com (Jeff Kane)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: New FS won't boot. Hangs
Date: 8 Feb 1996 15:43:21 GMT
Organization: Exec-PC
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Jeff Kane (jkane@earth.execpc.com) wrote:
: I just installed FreeBSD 2.1. It boots just fine from the floppy.
: THe installation went as well as expected for a first time. My problem
: is that when it boots, it just asks for the boot prompt. I enter press
: enter, and it puts up the "|" symbol, and hangs. Concerned that it was
: still trying to boot from floppy, I entered wd(0,a)/kernel on that line.
: Same symptom.
It was a bios problem. When it boots, it gives you an option for the speed
that the bios is accessed. Turbo(default), fast, or normal. There is
no place I can find to change the default, but the only option that will
boot from wd(0,a) is normal. The floppy boots and runs OK. It also
accesses the hard disk Ok. Dos never had a problem. I guess this is one
of those hardware conflict problems. Time to call the vendor and find
out how to change the default. BTW: it is not in the bios setup anywhere.
I even got the X-windows stuff working! It looks great.
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