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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!ddsw1!not-for-mail From: karl@genesis.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: TinyBSD panics during boot Date: 12 May 1993 23:37:58 -0500 Organization: MCSNet, Chicago, IL Lines: 25 Message-ID: <1ssjb6$4rh@genesis.MCS.COM> References: <1993May10.181903.1844@alw.nih.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.mcs.com In article <1993May10.181903.1844@alw.nih.gov> crtb@helix.nih.gov (Chuck Bacon) writes: >If I fiddle the cable on my PC so that the 5.25" floppy boots, I can >boot TinyBSD. But if I reverse it so the 3.5" boots, TinyBSD panics >just after trying to 'move root to <I forget>'. Any cure? I'd rather >use the 3.5" as the A: drive, but now I'm forced to set up the 5.25" >as the A:. > > Chuck Bacon - crtb@helix.nih.gov >O civili, si ergo, fortibus es in ero. | ABHOR SECRECY - DEFEND PRIVACY >O novili, demis trux; indem arsem causen dux. >-- > Chuck Bacon - crtb@helix.nih.gov ( alas, not my 3b1 )-: > ABHOR SECRECY - DEFEND PRIVACY You too! Heh, its not my machine! I'm impressed with that; I thought my system was f*ed. Anyway, I need a fix for this too; I do not have a 1.2MB disk drive on my system and want to boot and run from 1.44! I am attempting to boot NetBSD 0.8a and get a trap 18 immediately after being prompted to switch disks. -- Karl Denninger (karl@genesis.MCS.COM) | You can never please everyone except Modem Access: [+1 312 248-0900] | by bankrupting yourself. Voice & FAX: [+1 312 248-8649] | Internet in Chicago; a MCSNET first!