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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!osyjm From: osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: auto-reset when booting install floppies? Date: 17 Sep 1993 02:22:48 GMT Organization: Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman MT, 59717 Lines: 20 Message-ID: <27b71o$khu@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <748206430rommel.root@ars.muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: schizo.coe.montana.edu In article <748206430rommel.root@ars.muc.de>, Kai Uwe Rommel <rommel@ars.muc.de> wrote: >The system: 486DX-50, EISA (Intel chipset), Adaptec 1742A (yes, I used Interesting, I had an Intel Xpress architecture 486-50DX EISA that worked fine. Are you sure your cache RAM is fast enough? >the correct boot floppy), SCSI peripherals (DEC disk, Tandberg streamer, >NEC CD-ROM), Trident SVGA, Paradise 8514/A+, four serial ports (4 x >16550A), PAS-16 sound card, WD 8003 network card. I would suggest that you rip out everything but the scsi disk off the 1742, and see if that works. Then after you get it installed, start putting stuff back in and see what works/breaks down. With that much stuff in there, it's murder to try and guess. -- Jaye Mathisen, COE Systems Manager (406) 994-4780 410 Roberts Hall,Dept. of Computer Science Montana State University,Bozeman MT 59717 osyjm@cs.montana.edu