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From: jdb@robigo.winternet.com (John Boggs)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: boot.flp sucks!!! FreeBSD guys.
Date: 16 Jun 1996 20:30:48 -0500
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In article <4q2c2e$s2t@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> aks@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com writes:
: What's your hardware configuration? Try turning off your CPU cache
: (problem with some 486 caches; turn it back on after the install). Did
: you write boot.flp to a verified good (preformatted) floppy?
My floppy is OK.
My hardware is PC. Isn't that enough?
I would expect to get at least the boot prompt to begin with.
SCSI or IDE?
How are your interrupts set up?
What chip, how much RAM, cache on or off?
ISA? EISA? PCI?
How about the video card?
I know I'm missing things, but give the people here *specifics*.
There are thousands of possible configurations of PC-type hardware.
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