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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!sgi!rigden.wpd.sgi.com!rpw3 From: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com (Rob Warnock) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Endless boot cycle- suggestions? Message-ID: <ouh8fgk@sgi.sgi.com> Date: 23 Aug 92 16:58:06 GMT Sender: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA Lines: 30 yas@hpycla.kobe.hp.com (Yasuyuki Suzuki) writes: +--------------- | The following is my configuration. | HI-Tech USA ISA-486/33 w/ AMI BIOS and SiS Chipset | 8MB RAM | Adaptech 1542B | HP2213A 633MB SCSI Disk | IBM DOS 5.0 | I removed all cards (i.e. IDE/FDD,1P/2S/1G) except Video (Diamond | SpeedStar Plus) and 1542B from AT bus and re-installed 386BSD from the | FDD controlled by 1542B. But the situation was not changed. | Then, I tried to install to IDE disk (Conner CP30104H) and the 386BSD | was successfully booted from the hard drive. | So, I think our problems are related to disk controlers or hard disks. +--------------- Well, I have the exact same Hi-Tech USA ISA-486/33 system, with 1542B and SCSI disk, and it works fine. Hint: The partition layout is critical! If you've left a DOS partition before the Unix "a" partition, you have to patch "asboot" to point to where the Unix "a" partition really is -- else "asboot" thinks it's at "0". (This is a bug in "asboot".) -Rob ----- Rob Warnock, MS-9U/510 rpw3@sgi.com Silicon Graphics, Inc. (415)390-1673 2011 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94043