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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5472 ; Fri, 01 Jan 93 01:46:22 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!natinst.com!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!not-for-mail From: news@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (InterNet News) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: 386BSD Kernel hang problems on Gateway 2000 486/DX2 Date: 22 Dec 1992 14:33:51 -0600 Organization: Armstrong Lab MIS, Brooks AFB TX Lines: 56 Message-ID: <1h7u3fINNi4e@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> References: <9212221819.AA18464@deepthought.cs.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hrd769.brooks.af.mil In article <9212221819.AA18464@deepthought.cs.utexas.edu> DS1437@acspr1.acs.brockport.edu writes: : : I am trying to install 386bsd on a GateWay 2000 486 50Mhz DX/2. The :system has a 205 Mb IDE Drive. I can run the install disk fine, however :when I boot off the hard drive the screen looks like this: : :pc0<color> at 0x60 irq 1 on isa :com1 at 0x3f8 irq 4 on isa :com2 at 0x2f8 irq 3 on isa :/* There is a sufficient long delay here for some reason */ :fd0 drives 0:1.44M, 1:1.2M at 0x3f0 irq 6 drq 2 on isa :ne0 ethernet address 02:00:00:00:14:e4 at 0x300 irq 9 on isa :npx0 at 0xf0 irq 13 on isa : :PANIC: Cannont mount root :trap type 12 code=fe060000 eip=fe01278a cs=8 eflags=10282 cr2 14 cpl a : :PANIC: trap : :/* It then says something about dumping the memory to the device and */ :/* Gets a --device bad message */ : : Notice that the hard drive controller was never listed in the list, :however when I boot from the fixit or install disk it looks the exact same :except where the delay occurs I get a line like: : :wd0 <WDC AC2200F> at 0x1f0 irq 14 on isa : :If I boot with the fixit disk, I then can mount the hard drive without :a problem. I tried copying the kernel from the fixit to the hard drive, :and even tried changing the device files still it did it. :I downloaded the unofficial fixes which claim that wd.c was fixed, and that :still did not change a thing. (In directory newbootables) :I have not tried the compaq bootable fixed yet, however what I have :been told by Adrian@rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk that the compaq fix is something :totally different, and that fix would not work in this case. : Do anyone have any incling why the kernel is not initializing the :hard drive controller correctly as that looks like the problem to me? : : I ran across similar problems with the wd0 driver when I was working on getting the Ultrastor working. Have you tried powering the system off before you reboot. I have had similar problems with the hard drive and ethernet cards not initializing. Power cycles cure the problem for me, since the card is then completely reset. I am going to be looking into this problem for the Ultrastor, and wouldn't be surprised to find a similar solution for your problem as well. I also found that the sdboot/bootsd pair from ref.tfs.com work pretty well. I haven't had any problems with them since I installed them. They will boot a wd0 card very nicely as well as booting SCSI cards. They are my choice for booting whwnever anyone has a boot problem. TSgt Dave Burgess NCOIC AL/MISBrooks AFB, TX