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Date:      Thu, 27 Jan 2000 15:36:03 -0500
From:      "Cory McWilliams" <yoink@rochester.rr.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Lock-Ups on Boot
Message-ID:  <NDBBJPNOILHPJCBAONCPCEGMCAAA.yoink@rochester.rr.com>

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Hello,
  I was told in #freebsd on efnet to send an email to this address with my
problem. I hope you can help. I'm new to FreeBSD and pretty frustrated
already.
  The computer I'm working on consists of a Micron M54li motherboard and a
486 100 processor.
  I can strip it down to having only an ISA video card installed and
everything works as expected except for "stray irq 7" messages occasionally
on boot. I have several RealTech 8029-compatible network cards from
different manufacturers. When I put any one in it locks up around where it
says something like "changing root to wd0s1a" or after a "stray irq 7"
message.
  Sometimes I am able to still login and type commands although the screen
doesn't change as I can hear the hard drive work and I am able to shut down
the computer that way. Other times nothing works.
  My BIOS provides me with no way of checking which IRQs are in use or
forcing them to any values. I don't know where to go from here.
  Please provide me with any information that might help. I would prefer not
making this computer into a boat anchor.

Cory McWilliams



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