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To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
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Subject: Re: 2.2.1 boot.flp 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 15 Apr 1997 09:20:52 MDT."
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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 13:07:46 -0400
From: "Paul F. Werkowski" <pw@snoopy.mv.com>
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 |Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 09:20:52 -0600 (MDT)
 |Message-Id: <199704151520.JAA00220@rocky.mt.sri.com>
 |From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
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 |To: "Paul F. Werkowski" <pw@snoopy.mv.com>
 |Cc: bugs@freebsd.org
 |Subject: Re: 2.2.1 boot.flp
 |In-Reply-To: <199704151354.JAA00222@snoopy.mv.com>
 |References: <199704151354.JAA00222@snoopy.mv.com>
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 |Paul F. Werkowski writes:
 |> FYI I downloaded the file from ftp.freebsd.org
 |> and tried to run it on a new NEC Versa 22635CD
 |> notebook. After disabling most devices, the
 |> boot started and got as far as displaying
 |> "apm: disabled, not probed."
 |> before wedging the box so bad I can't even
 |> shut it off! I had to pull the power cord
 |> and wait for the battery to discharge before
 |> being able to try again. So far, 2/2 attempts
 |> with different floppies result in same wedgie.
 |
 |Try changing the flags on the npx0 device to 0x1.
 |
 |
 |Nate
 |

Two responses with identical info, must be true!

I am not sure what you mean by changing the flags.
Is this something that is done at kernel build time?
I am now only using FreeBSD 2.1.6 whose boot disk
seemed to show IDE disk read problems, so I just
tried the 2.2.1 boot on the off chance something 
was fixed. Or is changing the flags something that
can be done in one of the optional boot modes?

Paul