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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news1.digital.com!pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!usenet From: Jon Jenkins <jenkinsj@ozy.dec.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Couple of "gotchas" for NCR and Diamomd Stealth64 users Date: 4 Sep 1995 10:36:21 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corp Lines: 46 Message-ID: <42ekr5$7oc@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> References: <424cfc$gvb@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <42b1cj$ct2@ns.concourse.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ozyd13-p3.ozy.dec.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; BSD/386 uname failed) X-URL: news:42b1cj$ct2@ns.concourse.com echet <echet@coil.com> wrote: >>I upgraded the flash BIOS in the NCR from 3.04.00 >>to 3.06.00 and whoops FreeBSD wont boot anymore >>neither will DOS. The MBR boot prompter comes >>up but says: >> >>default: F? >> >>and pressing F1 (DOS) or F2 (FreeBSD) results >>in nothing and the same prompt. So it looks >>like there may be a problem with MBR and version >>3.06.00 of the NCR PCI BIOS. Reloaded the 3.04.00 >>BIOS and no problem. Just to check I ftp'd the >>3.06.00 a couple more times and reloaded with >>same result. > >I have used FreeBSD with 3.06.00 and 3.07.00 without >any problems. I'm using 3.07.00 now. Assuming the BIOS I downloaded is not buggy (where did you get yours from, NCR ?) I can think of two possibilties 1: 3.06.00 is incompatible with my MB/BIOS (66M Intel P5, 1.10.00.AF2) 2: I may need to reformat the disk with the 3.06.00 BIOS installed, did you upgrade from earlier version or format with the 3.06.00 installed ? I'll try it again when I get enough courage to install the 2.0.5 CDROM and Ill put up with the minonr annoyance of having to access the CDROM twice when first powered up which is what I was trying to solve with the 3.06.00 BIOS. Jon -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Dr Jon Jenkins Location: Digital Equipment Corporation NaC Voice/Fax: 61-7-55-75-0151/100 Burnett Place, Research Park, Inet: jenkinsj@ozy.dec.com Bond University, Gold Coast Close Proximity: "HEY YOU !!!" QLD, AUSTRALIA 4229 "Daddy, what's outside the Universe?" (My 5 year old.....) -----------------------------------------------------------------------