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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP: Can't Boot FreeBSD after installation
Date: 26 Mar 1996 18:44:26 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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hairy@hehe.haha (Hairy) writes:
> I've got a 486/100 system w/16mb RAM, and 850MB Conner drive (using a
> Promise 2300+ EIDE VLB controler).
> 
> I can install 2.1.0 just fine (from a DOS Partition), but once
> installed and I try to boot from the Hard Drive the system hard locks.

The Promise EIDE is known to be broken with FreeBSD.  I think you have
to make it `dumb' (or something at this effect) in order to make it
FreeBSD-friendly.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)