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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nntp.wwwi.com!rtd.com!dgy From: dgy@rtd.com (Don Yuniskis) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Installation hangs after hardware probes (2.1R) Date: 19 Jun 1996 11:09:32 GMT Organization: CICDO Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4q8n5d$qho@baygull.rtd.com> References: <4pm69j$62c@muenchen.photogrammetrie.de> <4pv023$84e@uriah.heep.sax.de> <4q3mdt$mm7@muenchen.photogrammetrie.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: seagull.rtd.com In article <4q3mdt$mm7@muenchen.photogrammetrie.de>, Gerhard Mehldau <mehldau@photogrammetrie.de> wrote: >J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: >: mehldau@photogrammetrie.de (Gerhard Mehldau) wrote: > >: > I'm trying to install 2.1R on a Compaq DeskPro 386/25M with >: > 8MB RAM, an Adaptec SCSI controller, a 500MB hard drive, and >: > a WD8003 ethernet card. When booting from the boot floppy, >: > all the hardware seems to be recognized correctly, but the >: > installation hangs after the last probe (npx0 at 0xf0-0xff >: > irq 13 on motherboard). > >: That's the point where the root file system is about to be configured >: and mounted. Which floppy controller is there in the Compaq? Any >: chance to disable it and use a separate controller? > >It's a NEC 72065B. Unfortunately, I don't have a spare controller >to try your suggestion. I have, however, swapped virtually all >movable components of the system against those from an identical >PC which is running FreeBSD just fine -- but so far to no avail. Does this box use Compaq's "FPSW" controller? Have you swapped *it*?? Also, have you checked the DIP switches on the controller(s) and the mother board. Lastly, do both machines have/have not FPU's?