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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1564 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:48:42 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!olivea!uunet!pipex!demon!shada.demon.co.uk!mikep From: mikep@shada.demon.co.uk (Mike Purchase) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: help - can't boot compaq Message-ID: <730030059snz@shada.demon.co.uk> Date: 18 Feb 93 10:07:39 GMT Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk Reply-To: mikep@shada.demon.co.uk Organization: DIS(organised) Lines: 27 X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.19) I am new to this group and indeed BSD so please bear with me. My problem is that I am unable to bopot my Compaq 386/20 with BSD. I have got the patch-kit 0.2.1 bootables and admit that these get further than any other boot disks tried so far. The install disk boots to the point where the "title" screen is displayed but it does not get as far as reporting on devices and their interupts. The floppy disk drive light remains on and the whole machine just hangs. Am I missing something really obvious? The Machine is as follows: Compaq 386/20 2 IDE drives (quantum lps105AT and quantum 40AT) 2 floppy drives 3.5 5.25 387 Math Co-Pro 9MB RAM Standard Compaq multipurpose disk controller card No ethernet I tried removing the co-pro, the second HD, and the 5.25 floppy and booting again but same results. Any ideas? Regards, -- Mike Purchase