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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7695 ; Mon, 25 Jan 93 12:20:16 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Subject: Re: [386BSD] Still trying to install... Message-ID: <1993Jan24.003248.17450@coe.montana.edu> Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman Mt 59717 References: <1993Jan20.075418.26319@Princeton.EDU> <1993Jan23.235553.12062@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 00:32:48 GMT Lines: 26 In article <1993Jan23.235553.12062@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: >In article <1993Jan20.075418.26319@Princeton.EDU> bkc@ernie.Princeton.EDU (Bruce Caruthers) writes: >>Booting from the floppy works fine for that basic level (20-30 secs >>until prompt), and shutdown -todos works fine, but warm boot from DOS >>(either after changing the active partition, or straight to a BSD >>floppy) hangs. > >Compaq boot problem. See numerous previous posts on the matter. Fixed in >next patch kit. > >3) Wait for patchkit 0.2 to be installed and a boot disk generated > by someone else, and boot your machine. There is a bootable disk that you can test. It's located at agate:/pub/incoming/nate/dist.fs-patchkit-0.2. This boot disk contains all but one fix for booting, and that fix is currently under consideration. Thanks, Nate -- osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | A hacker w/out a home. work: (406) 994-5991 | Keeper of the Unofficial 386BSD Bug Report home: (406) 586-0579 | Please send bugs and/or fixes you find.