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From: gfoster@charm.isi.edu (Glen A. Foster)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Stupid new user questions
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Date: 12 Nov 92 18:08:55 GMT
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Got through the install scripts with no difficulty and am having a
couple of problems.

1) after an ifconfig of the ethernet board I get a recurring error
message "reject 65531" (underlined) about once a second. Board is a
WD8003e IRQ 2 I/O 280. The error messages stop if one downs the
interface.  When pinging the address from another machine, no echo
reply is returned. 

2) the floppy drive light lights up when booting off the hard disk and
stays on thereafter. Any attempt to access it results in the program
used (mread and/or loadfd) hanging indefinitely with the disk spinning
but the head never moving. Board is an Adaptec 1542b, system is an
Everex 3000 386.

Any "instant fixes" for these? 

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Glen Foster