From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 28 09:43:36 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA23311 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 09:43:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from tower.nexus.com (andersen@fw42.fastlane.net [206.42.189.42]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA23306 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 09:43:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (from andersen@localhost) by tower.nexus.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA00160 for questions@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 11:44:51 -0600 Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 11:44:51 -0600 From: "Craig G. Andersen" Message-Id: <199601281744.LAA00160@tower.nexus.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Trouble booting FreeBSD Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I guess I am stuck and looking for any ideas. I have been trying to boot FreeBSD 2.1 for a couple of days. What I have done: 1) On the 2.1 CDROM The install.bat and inst_ide.bat both operate the same, which is type out Booting @ 0x100000 text= ... data=... bss=... symbols=... total=... entry point=... and then reset (reboot) 2) The makeflp.bat and atapiflp.bat create floppies that do the following The floppy light comes on for about 2 seconds and then goes away without writing any messages to the console at all. 3) From Linux I have downloaded the older boot floppies 2.0.5 and they do the same as in 2). 4) I have tried to boot these floopies at work in another machine and they work, so I think the media is proper. 5) I have checked my hardware list (below) with your list and I think it should work. 6) Disabled 'cache' memory and it does the same. Other observations: 1) The NetBSD 'boot floppies' did boot. 2) Linux seems to work. Any help would be appreciated. Craig Andersen email: andersen@fastlane.net ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hardware List ----------------------------------------------------------------- 486 DX2/50 Dell Dimension/8Mb RAM/ISA Bus ON BOARD Graphics WD90C31 1Mb Graphics Memory Serial #1 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450 Serial #2 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16450 Parallel Port (Not used) ----------------------------------------------------------------- EXTERNAL Modems: Serial #3 0x03e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A Cardinal MVP288I (V.34/V.FC) Serial #4 0x02e8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A Sportster 14.4k Mouse: PS/2 auxiliary pointing device SB16 snd2 at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 snd6 at 0x220 irq 5 drq 5 snd7 at 0x330 irq 5 drq 0 snd1 at 0x388 drq 0 CDROM SB16 Drive 0 (ID=0): CR-563 (0.75) at 0x230 (type 1) Hard Disks SIIG EIDE Master ISA Dual Channel Controller Channel 1: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 WDC AC31200F, 1222MB w/64KB Cache, LBA, CHS=621/64/63 Channel 2: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 MAXTOR LXT-340A, 321MB w/64KB Cache, CHS=654/16/63 TEAC FD-505 Combo Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M, fd1 is 1.2M FDC 0 is a 8272A 3COM Ethernet 3c509 at 0x300 IRQ 10. -----------------------------------------------------------------