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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!cs.utk.edu!gaia.ns.utk.edu!panacea.phys.utk.edu!lekes From: lekes@panacea.phys.utk.edu (Stavros Siopsis) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: BSDI on Pentium Pro Date: 15 Jun 1996 20:41:25 GMT Organization: Particle Theory Group, Physics Department, UTK Lines: 46 Message-ID: <4pv75l$pql@gaia.ns.utk.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: panacea.phys.utk.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Subject: BSDI on Pentium Pro Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Organization: Particle Theory Group, Physics Department, UTK Summary: Keywords: I just bought a new pentium pro 200 computer and I tried to install BSDI. I tried to boot from the install disk and it gives me this error: Read error on block 16 of unit 0 Error 4: sector was not found. Retrying... and after a while it says generic I/O error and it stops reading the disk. It gives me this kind of reading errors even if I try to install Solaris, linux or Freebsd! On linux The kernel boots fine and then I have to put the root disk and press return. Then it gives me this error: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:1c, sector 2 RAMDISK: I/O error while looking for super block Now comes the weird part. The computer works fine if I install OS/2 or any kind of MS Windows and I get no errors! It probably has to do with the operating system starting at sector 16. The motherboard is an Intel with the 450KX chipset, an Adaptec 2940 controller, Trident SVGA and nothing else. I tried different floppy drives and still the same. I tried all different BIOS settings and still the same. I know that the disks are fine since they boot on other pentium systems. I also tried to install an ISA floppy controller but the motherboard doesn't recognize it. Pin 5 is missing on the floppy interface (on the motherboard, it's used as a key), something that I have never seen before but I don't thing that the floppy drive needs it (It's only GND if I remember correctly). I cannot call the company from where I bought the computer because they test with windows and I have to admit that windows works great! Anyone has any ideas? Thanks for any help Stavros Siopsis