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From: tdoyle@SunBelt.Net (Edward "Ted" Doyle)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc
Subject: Boot problems with FreeBSD 1.1
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 18:32:42 EST
Organization: SunBelt.Net
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      I ordered FreeBSD 1.1 (May 1994) from Walnut Creek last year.  I had no 
trouble installing it on my 386DX-40 and it ran fine.
      I recently upgraded to a 486DX4-100 processor and I am using an EIDE 
controller instead of a IDE.  When I went to boot FreeBSD, the system hanged 
(with the same or simular message to the one below).   So I reinstalled 
FreeBSD, the installation runs without any errors.  But when I try to boot 
FreeBSD off the hard drive I get the following message and then my system 
hangs.

>FreeBSD Boot @0x90000: 637/7424k of memory [$ Revision: 1.9.2.1 $]
>use hd(1,a)/386bsd to boot sd0 when wd0 is also installed
>Boot: [[[wd(0,a)]/386bsd][-s][-a][-d]]
>|
      I can boot from floppy without problems, however, I cannot do very much. 
      The answer may well be that I need to upgrade to FreeBSD 2.0.

      Any help would be appreciated.

      BTW what does that message mean?? the first line I understand, but not 
the second and third lines.

-- Ted

tdoyle@sunbelt.net