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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.dti.ad.jp!nspixp!wnoc-tyo-news!news.nc.u-tokyo.ac.jp!train.ad.jp!iroha.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp!nikko.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp!yokota From: yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp. (Kazutaka YOKOTA) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Everex 386 and boot problems Date: 11 Jun 1997 04:13:58 GMT Organization: Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan Lines: 27 Message-ID: <5nl8m6$nv0$2@nikko.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> References: <339cccde.89899180@news.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp X-Newsreader: mnews [version 1.19PL2] 1996-01/26(Fri) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42737 In article <339cccde.89899180@news.mindspring.com> for comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc AC wrote: anindya>> I recently acquired a 386 box, manufactured by Everex (a anindya>>little anindya>>more detail: this box was a high-end 386 for its time: math anindya>>co-processor, anindya>>onboard IDE controller, 12 Megs of RAM.) In any case, I have ambitions anindya>>to install FreeBSD on it and turn it into a router. However, every anindya>>boot.flp image I try hangs after probing for all the device drivers anindya>>(after zp0, i think). I have tried using the -c option at the anindya>>boot prompt and removed all the conflicts, but it still hangs. anindya>>I even removed 4 megs of RAM in case it was having problems dealing anindya>>wit an odd amount like 12. No good. I have tried boot.flp images anindya>>from the 2.1.0, 2.1.7, and 2.2.1 releases, and all have the same anindya>>affect. I'm also convinced nothing in the CMOS could be affecting anindya>>this. I would hate to install Linux on the box; I already have anindya>>one of those boxes ;) Anybody have any suggestions, or any experience anindya>>installing FreeBSD onto an Everex box? (I didn't mention the anindya>>really cool feature: it has an LED display on the front panel anindya>>which tells you what sectors on the disk it is accessing : that anindya>>was worth what I paid for it alone ) Would you describe your video card, keyboard and mouse (if any)? Does the box have any interface cards installed? Kazu