Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:26:08 -0500 From: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> To: Edwin Brown <edwin.brown@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 STABLE Boot CD Fails on PPRO 200 (BTX halted) Message-ID: <20050305182608.GC90757@numachi.com> In-Reply-To: <8b6eae9605030507165d4c6cae@mail.gmail.com> References: <8b6eae960503022048b90c457@mail.gmail.com> <20050304233347.A4084@carver.gumbysoft.com> <8b6eae9605030507165d4c6cae@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 10:16:42AM -0500, Edwin Brown wrote: > It's a Dell XPS Pro 200n system tag 72V98 I seem to recall recently that I needed to disable ATA DMA from BIOS on a Dell to install 5.3-RELEASE. See if that helps. > CPU: Pentium Pro 200MHz > Chipset: Intel 82440FX > Memory: 128MB ECC SIMM > BIOS: A06 released 01/08/1998 (the last bios for this computer) > IDE: (MSI DVD drive) (bootable secondary channel master) > (Maxtor 40GB hard disk) (bootable primary channel master) > > I've also installed a promise ATA/133 card and tried to boot the > computer with the > CD and hard drive attached to that instead of the system board. > However, that fails as well. > > I've gone ahead an installed from the floppies with the IDE devices > attached to the motherboard. For some reason the floppies boot fine. > > Thanks for the reply, > > Edwin -- Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> 55 Crystal Ave. #286 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1725 USA BSD admin/developer at large
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