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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!surfnet.nl!tuegate.tue.nl!news.IAEhv.nl!oosten.IAEhv.nl!news From: root@oosten.IAEhv.nl (Peter Joosten als Wortel) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Install problem - HELP please Date: 23 Jun 1996 03:26:38 +0200 Organization: At Home Inc., The Netherlands Lines: 51 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4qi6ge$7p@oosten.IAEhv.nl> References: <4qcqum$1m7@netix.telecall.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: oosten.iaehv.nl Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3823 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:21980 In article <4qcqum$1m7@netix.telecall.co.uk>, C. Newport <crn@netix.org.uk> wrote: >I am having a strange problem installing NetBSD or FreeBSD on one of >my machines. > >Symptom:- After hitting <Ret> to the Boot: prompt, the floppy disk is >read for about 20 seconds, then the system reboots. On NetBSD a message >C:0 H:1 S:0 ( counts to 10 ) is displayed before the reboot takes place. >FreeBSD does not show this. > >Hardware: Unisys PW2/800 16MHz 386 fitted with 80387. > 5 Mb memory as 1Mb plus Unisys 4Mb board. > 210 Mb IDE hard disk, using patched entry in BIOS disk table, ST1239A > 818cyl, 14 heads, 36 sectors/track. > 3.5 floppy as A:, 5.25 as B: > NE2000 Network adaptor on 280, IRQ 12. > 2 Serial + printer + games board ( internal ports disabled ). > 3E8 IRQ4, 2E8 IRQ3, lp0 IRQ7. > Archive 60Mb DC600 tape drive on 220, IRQ5 DMA3. > Hercules MDA display adaptor. > >This configuation has worked fine with 30 + 60 Mb Dos partitions and 120 Mb >SCO Xenix. It has also worked with Slackware Linux instead of Xenix. > >I first tried booting from floppy using the NetBSD image from a Nov 95 BSDisk >CD from Infomagic. When this failed I tried several floppies in case of >errors, and then tried FreeBDS also from the InfoMagic CD. > >At this point I removed the Network and Tape controller boards in case of >stray IRQs etc, but this made no difference. > >I then gave up and tried installing Slackware Linux, it works OK first time, >so the hardware seems to be OK. Xenix also installs OK. > >Any inspirations ???. >I need to use BSD on this machine rather than Linux as it will be used >as a RARP/Bootp server for a diskless MVME143 system which apparantly >cannot be done under Linux. > >When I can get past this initial hurdle I will be installing from the CDROM >which is NFS mounted from my main (Linux) server. > >TIA, > >-- >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Chris Newport, The Netix Consultancy, Clevedon, North Somerset, UK. >crn@netix.org.uk | crn@netix.telecall.co.uk | crn@netix.demon.co.uk >In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. ( big bang theory ).