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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!news.tek.com!news!phils From: phils@satori.tv.tek.com (Phil Staub) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: boot problems with latest snap Date: 28 May 1995 05:52:34 GMT Organization: Tektronix TV Products Lines: 38 Distribution: usa Message-ID: <PHILS.95May27225234@satori.tv.tek.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: satori.tv.tek.com Hi folks: I downloaded the latest snap boot and cpio floppies from WC a couple days ago, and installed them on both 5-1/4 and 3-1/2 floppies. I was able to get the boot disk to work fine from the 5-1/4 disk, but the 3-1/2 just hangs on my main machine (which, by the way, already runs 2.0R just fine). It doesn't even appear to try to read the floppy (because the head never steps), but the drive is obviously being accessed, because the access light stays on until a hard reset. Also, the 2.0R boot disk works fine in 3.5 format. I tried the very same floppy on my son's machine, and it worked like a champ. I got all the way through the installation, with only stupid little cockpit problems (my own fault). There is very little in common between the two systems, but a run-down of the equipment on the broken machine is: Intel 486DX2/66 Genoa Turbo Express PCI Motherboard w/256K cache, 16M memory BusLogic BT946 PCI SCSI Controller. #9 GXE 64 2 Meg PCI Graphics board Seagate 31200 1 Gig SCSI disk drive Archive Viper 150S Tape drive 2 Generic multi I/O boards for serial/printer. I'm puzzled by this one. Anybody got any ideas? Later, I've got another question that I'll save until I solve this one. Thanks, Phil -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Staub, phils@tv.tv.tek.com Tektronix Television Division (503) 627-6910