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From: jkane@earth.execpc.com (Jeff Kane)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1 Boot Problem
Date: 20 Feb 1996 19:36:58 GMT
Organization: Exec-PC
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Kurt Grutzmacher (grutz@tk.org) wrote:
: Hey, look.. another problem! :-)
: After installing 2.1R to a new VLB motheboard and Promise VLIDE card,
: I get the regular MBR boot (select kernel, options, etc) but after
: selection the system hangs while loading the kernel ... and i'm talking
: hanging IMMEDIATELY! One block read and zzzzzzpfft!
: checked the HD geometry and it looks ok from fdisk .. I have been able
: to boot using fbsdboot.exe, but i'd rather not have to use that method if
: at all possible.
: Thanks for any help...
Boy does that sound familiar!!!
http://www.promise.com
They have board jumper settings. I have a DC4000. Jumper number 5
on JP7 needed to be removed. What this does, is disable the onboard
BIOS. Of course, you can't have a EIDE drive. Your regular BIOS will
still work with the controller and HD. One other note. Does it ask
you for a speed setting? Turbo, Fast, Normal. Try Normal. That worked
for me until I could figure out how to disable it. Also ...
I CHANGED THE JUMPER FROM NORMAL TO TURBO ON THE BOARD. I LOST THE
FORMAT ON THE HARD DISK. BE CAREFUL.
Sorry for the caps, just wanted to warn you! BTW: Their tech support
has been most helpful and very responsive to me.
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