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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help , no Boot from Boot.flp in vers 2.2.1
Date: 8 May 1997 09:48:00 GMT
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In article <5kqkn2$90k@bambam.soi.city.ac.uk>,
aa115@city.ac.uk (Abdullah R) writes:
> Can anyone help, I just got my FreeBSD 2.2.1 CDROM thru.
> I have created at boot floppy using boot.flp
> When the boot floppy boots everything works ok
> it gets to my adaptec 1542C section and says waiting for SCSI
> to settle, after a while it lists my devices (well only the
> first two devices)
> then it stops and display page fault 12 and loads of numbers and text
> and prints up, Reboot in 15 seconds.
>
> when the computer does reboot the keyboard is locked, and I have to
> physically turn-off the machine to reset the keyboard.
>
> I have tried removing all the configurations from the kernel,
> except the adaptec 154* drivers this still causes the same fault
>
> The machine is perfectly ok, I have been running FreeBSD on it for the last
> couple of years, and I installed 2.1.6 not so long ago with no problems
> at all, can anyone help?
It sounds like a termination thing - something in 2.2 may be
rubbing it up the wrong way.
I have a machine that boots fine and runs fine under DOS & windows
with the external CDR switched off. FreeBSD freezes.
Turning it on or putting the terminator block on the back of the
machine fixes things.
It's the only situation I've seen where termination power must be
required (whatever that is).
> thanks Tarkan
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
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