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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: PCI: unable to boot/install Date: 4 Jan 1995 18:00:36 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3eeno4$l2c@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <ROOT.95Jan1191135@gardano.tiac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <ROOT.95Jan1191135@gardano.tiac.net>, root <root@gardano.tiac.net> wrote: >I just bought a US Logic P5/60 (Pentium) system with a PCI/VESA/ISA >bus. > >The IDE controller is marked "UN-1082VL", and the PCI video card has >an Avance Logic ALG3201 chip (a Hercules Stingray). > >When I try to boot off the floppy, I get a kernel panic, with an >'unrecognized controller' (or something similar) message. If I need to >supply more info, please let me know. What OS are you running? FreeBSD should work fine on the above hardware, but it won't use any of the advanced features of your PCI cards (if there are any). Can you be more specific as to *exactly* what is shown on the screen? Nate -- nate@FreeBSD.org | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@schizo.coe.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-5980 | Got lots of offers for work, now I need to home #: (406) 586-0579 | decide which job to take. :)