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From: awd@gslis.utexas.edu (Andrew W. Donoho)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FreeBSD2.0R: Boot floppy PANICs on Dell 486P/50
Date: 3 Feb 1995 19:39:49 GMT
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In article <3gtshm$nos@Mars.mcs.com>
mikebo@MCS.COM (Michael Borowiec) writes:

> Hi -
> I'm having a problem booting a Dell 486P/50 (486DX2/50) w/16MB memory,
> Adaptec 1542CF (IRQ 11, DMA 5), Quantum LPS525S SCSI disk (501MB) and
> 3COM 3C509 (EtherLink III) from the FreeBSD 2.0R (941204) boot floppy.
> It sees all the devices, but after the "Changing root device to fd0c"
> message, it craps out with:

I had a similar problem. I did two things to get going. 1st. Get the
December 5th Boot Disks. 2nd. specify the "link2" option to the ep0
ethernet driver.

Andrew Donoho
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awd@gslis.utexas.edu