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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!icd.ab.com!tinman.mke.ab.com!tdphette From: tdphette@mke.ab.com (Thad Phetteplace x4461) Subject: Re: 386BSD won't boot with AMI BIOS/Gateway 2000 Message-ID: <1992Oct15.142908.11135@tinman.mke.ab.com> Sender: usenet@tinman.mke.ab.com (NetNews server account) Nntp-Posting-Host: toejam Organization: Allen-Bradley Co. X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4 References: <1992Oct14.225619.26784@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 14:29:08 GMT Lines: 37 rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo) writes: : boehme@unvax.union.edu (Eric M. Boehm) writes: : : >I have seen oblique references to a problem with AMI BIOS in other : >messages. I recently upgraded my BIOS from 030389 to 050591. 386BSD : >still won't boot. The drive light comes on and stays on. Ctrl-Alt-Del : >won't regain control -- time for the red button. : : I haven't seen (heard) anybody can get 386bsd up and running on a : Gateway machine. I have posted twice, but the only responses I have : were me too mails. : I phoned Gateway tech. rep. and he knows nothing of 386BSD. : I guess we (gateway owner) are stuck. I guess I should stick with Linux then. : : -- budi : -- : Budi Rahardjo <rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca> : Unix Support - Computer Services - University of Manitoba I have 386BSD running on my Gateway 2000 with no major problems. I do have a problem when I try to warm boot (the system hangs) but when I hit the reset button it starts up fine. I haven't bothered to try and fix it because I rarely reboot the system and I'm too busy working on X386 code and a cross development system. I'm using Pheonix BIOS but I'm not sure the problem is BIOS related. Are you using the patched version of the boot disks? My system hung with the drive light on before I got the correct dist.fs. -- Thad Phetteplace Network Systems Analyst, Allen-Bradley Co. Phone: (414)382-4461 Email: tdphette@mke.ab.com The opinions expressed here are entirely my own and not that of my employer... I am not a slob, I am simply doing an experiment in domestic entropy!