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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!nsisrv!nasahq!mnewell From: mnewell@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Booting 386bsd from a 486dx2 machine Message-ID: <1993Apr20.191542.358@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov> Date: 20 Apr 93 19:15:42 +0600 References: <1993Apr19.071241.24691@gmd.de> <735240531snz@hactar.demon.co.uk> Distribution: world Organization: NASA Headquarters, Washington D. C. Lines: 35 The patch kit didn't work for me either... That's why I came up with this workaround. Of course, I know it's not very pretty; it does have the advantage that it works, though... Perhaps a larger value for DELAY??? Mike Newell NASA Science Internet <735240531snz@hactar.demon.co.uk>, alan@hactar.demon.co.uk (Alan Benson) writes: > In article <1993Apr19.071241.24691@gmd.de> veit@mururoa.gmd.de writes: > >>In article <1993Apr17.183457.351@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov>, >> mnewell@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov writes: >>|> Goodness occurs - I got it to boot!!! >>|> >>|> The problem was in the "probe" routine of "pccons". It appears there is >>|> some problem with sending commands to the KB contoller, then reading >>|> them immediately back. After sticking in a couple of hard loops >>|> (ok, it's crude - but it worked! Now I can debug it more fully...) > >>This is quite similar to the DELAY(1000) hack that was in the pccons code >>for a long period. The problem should be corrected in the actual patchkit >>0.2.2 in a much better way. >> > > The patchkit 0.2.2 doesn't work for me. How about anyone else, ie is > this keyboard thing my problem or have I got something else ? > > dv > Alan > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Alan Benson (alan@hactar.demon.co.uk) | Just because you're | > | tel : (+44)522 569753 | paranoid it doesn't mean | > | snail : 21 Newport, Lincoln, LN1 3DQ, UK. | they're not out to get you! | > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------