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From: Ron Bolin <rlb@mindspring.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: panic: EISA I/O error
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 07:59:14 -0400
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
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Marc Lombardo wrote:

> I'm trying to install off of floppies, and I used unix to write the
> boot4.flp image onto a disk.  When I boot the disk, I get the boot:
> prompt, and I tried typing a '-c' to avoid the error reported by the
> install, but after uncompressing the kernel, it stops the install right
> away, reports 'panic: EISA I/O error
>                 automatic system reset in 15 seconds.
>                 hit key on console to abort.'
> 
> So I never even get to the config> prompt.
> 
morrow.  my kingdom's of no...use.   of no...use."  242
> 
If this is FBSD 2.1.5, I could not install it on an Adaptec 1742, its
broke.
Did work for FBSD 2.01R though.
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