Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 08:13:08 -0500 (CDT) From: "Christopher D. Cofer" <cofer@www.cas.unt.edu> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing Stable on 386/33 No Boot Prompt. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960702081105.24581A-100000@www.cas.unt.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960701181041.215A-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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I found the problem. I removed the SIIG controller and replaced it with a simple IDE controller. It worked fine. Is the on board BIOS on controllers not supported under FBSD? On Mon, 1 Jul 1996, Tom Samplonius wrote: > > On Mon, 1 Jul 1996, Christopher D. Cofer wrote: > > > I am trying to install stable on a 386/33 with 20 Meg. I have correctly > > downloaded and checked on another machine the boot.flp. After the > > machine goes through POST it hangs. The floppy is operational with > > other OS boot disks. Has anyone seen this before? > > Make sure the drive is configured as 1.44MB floppy in the CMOS setup. > DOS doesn't care, and works no matter the CMOS says, but the loader on the > boot disk needs to know. > > Tom ********************************************************** * Christopher Don Cofer College of Arts * * cofer@unt.edu and Science * * Computer Support Services * **********************************************************
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