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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news.eff.org!sed.psrw.com!psinntp !psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!pegasus.thisco.com!pubxfer.news.psi.net!dan.emsphone.com!not-for-mail From: dan@dan.emsphone.com (Dan Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: boot.flp sucks!!! FreeBSD guys. Date: 16 Jun 1996 21:31:28 GMT Organization: Executive Marketing Services, Inc. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4q1ufg$kku@client2.news.psi.net> References: <4q08o1$jfn@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> <4q1c1a$19c_002@mypc.neosoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.67.51.101 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PLMC.960401] Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> wrote: > aks@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com (?) wrote: > >I created boot flopy as it is explained on www.freebsd.org. My > >machine simply hangs!!! Don't tell me that my flopy is busted, or I > >don't have enough memory. I can't get boot prompt?!. That really > >sucks. I guess I'll get Caldera Linux. What's your hardware configuration? Try turning off your CPU cache (problem with some 486 caches; turn it back on after the install). Did you write boot.flp to a verified good (preformatted) floppy? > Speaking of things that SUCK... > > Providing only "experimental" (read: doesn't fucking work!) support > for IDE CD-ROMs *really* blows. Considering that EVERY IDE CDROM I'VE EVER SEEN comes with ITS OWN ATAPI driver that doesn't work with any other drives, it can't really be that much of a standard. That said, I have had no trouble with the three IDE CD-ROMS that have passed through my machine (a Mitsumi 2x, a Sony 4x, and a Teac 6x). What does "Doesn't work" mean? Can't detect on installation? Did you use the atapi.flp boot floppy? If you are adding a CD-rom to an existing system, do you have wdc1 (2nd IDE controller) and wcd0 (CD-ROM) in the kernel? Are they being detected? We can't help you if you don't tell us what's wrong... -Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com