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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!worldnet.att.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!ray.com!news.ray.com!news.res.ray.com!swlnews.msd.ray.com!not-for-mail From: wag@swl.msd.ray.com (Bill Gianopoulos) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problem with floopy boot with SIIG EIDE controller Date: 4 Feb 1997 09:19:53 -0500 Organization: Raytheon Company Lines: 21 Message-ID: <5d7gi9$eh8@swlrd2.msd.ray.com> References: <5d7g13$efe@swlrd2.msd.ray.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: swlrd2.msd.ray.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35315 wag@swl.msd.ray.com (Bill Gianopoulos) writes: >buying anything smaller than 2gig these days. So I bought an SIIG Fast EIDE >Controller, EIDE Master ISA+I/O. This fixed my DOS problem with support for >large drives as well as saving a slot as I could replace the serial/parellel >I/O card as well. Everything seemed perfect until I discovered that >FreeBSD will not boot from a floppy with this board installed. Immediatley after posting this, I realized that I had not included enough information. The 2 things I left out were that this is the 2.1-RELEASE boot floppy that no longer boots, the second is that what happens when I try to boot is that it reads the floppy, and never displays the Boot: prompt. Just kind of sits there. Once again, please respond via e-mail if possible, and thanks in advance. -- William A. Gianopoulos; Raytheon Company gianowa@eo.ray.com -------------------------------------------------------- This is my personal opinion and not that of my employer.