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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!dsbc.icl.co.uk!dickens.bra01.icl.co.uk!ejr From: ejr@dickens.bra01.icl.co.uk (Ed Randall) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Buslogic 445 probs? Date: 26 Mar 1996 13:50:27 GMT Organization: ICL, Bracknell, UK Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4j8sn3$jtk@eccles.dsbc.icl.co.uk> References: <4j7q03$mq7@eff.org> Reply-To: E.J.Randall.bra0126@x400gw.icl.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: dickens.bra01.icl.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Dan Brown (brown@eff.org) wrote: : [ chop ] : FWIW, here's a few of the messages logged during boot. : Mar 25 19:17:12 xxx /kernel: fd1: 1.2MB 5.25in : Mar 25 19:17:12 xxx /kernel: bt0: Bt445S/ 0-ISA(24bit) bus : Mar 25 19:17:12 xxx /kernel: bt0: Your board should report a 32bit bus archite : cture type.. : Mar 25 19:17:12 xxx /kernel: bt0: The firmware on your board may have a proble : m with over : Mar 25 19:17:12 xxx /kernel: bt0: 16MBytes memory handling with this driver. : [chop] The 445 is a VLB card - is this "Your board should report a 32bit ..." message not a bit of a giveaway ? Check that the card is correctly seated in the VLB slot, and that the motherboard isn't bending slightly in the middle making the contacts a bit dodgy. Ed