Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 12:48:38 -0500 (CDT) From: Nick Johnson <spatula@gulf.net> To: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems booting 2.1.5 floppy Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960901124623.24962A-100000@pompano.pcola.gulf.net> In-Reply-To: <3229BCAB.2B89@ime.net>
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On Sun, 1 Sep 1996, Gary Chrysler wrote: > Don't know if this it it, But I belive I have read several times > on this list that having more then 16 megs RAM during install > can cause it to fail.. > Try knocking it down to 16megs for the install, Then compile a > kernel with >16M support, then stick it all back in. I found the problem after a little trial and error: With my particular Pentium motherboard (an Asus) I have built-in IO controllers, and the option in the BIOS to swap drives A/B. The kicker is that you can either make the swap in the BIOS or make the swap in the controller. I had been swapping just in the BIOS, so I changed it to swap only in the controller. It worked perfectly once I had made the change. Well, almost perfectly... Sprintlink's routing spasms are keeping me from being able to FTP the distribution... Nick -- _ _ _ _ | \ | (_) ___| | __ Gulf Coast Internet Tech Support 438-5700 ext 400 | \| | |/ __| |/ / http://www.gulf.net/support/ (online tech. help) | |\ | | (__| < http://www.gulf.net/~spatula (personal homepage) |_| \_|_|\___|_|\_\ http://www.gulf.net/~spatula/linux/ (linux resources)
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