From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 2 06:13:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA06393 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jul 1996 06:13:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.cas.unt.edu (www.cas.unt.edu [129.120.3.150]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA06388 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 1996 06:13:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from cofer@localhost) by www.cas.unt.edu (8.7.5/8.6.9) id IAA24875; Tue, 2 Jul 1996 08:13:08 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 08:13:08 -0500 (CDT) From: "Christopher D. Cofer" To: Tom Samplonius cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing Stable on 386/33 No Boot Prompt. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 * **********************************************************