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Date:      Mon, 10 Feb 1997 21:58:41 -0500 (EST)
From:      Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com>
To:        ponds!Muc.DE!at, ponds!freebsd.org!questions
Subject:   Re: Unable to boot 2.6.1 from 386 system
Message-ID:  <199702110258.VAA01171@lakes.water.net>

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> 
> 
> Hello *,
> 
> I am trying to set up a 386 box being my leased line gateway, as
> well as FAX and printer server.
> 
> The configuration is: 
> - a 386 board with AMI Bios MK-III
> - an IDE/floppy controller
> - an ET4000 graphic adapter (TSENG LABS VGA BIOS MODEL: 8925 06/13/90)
> 
   ...

> In the visual kernel configuration , I disable everything but:
> Storage: fdc0, wdc0
> Input: sc0
> 
> avail memory = 5001216 (4884K Bytes)	   <- XXX looks strange to me
> Probing..
> sc0 at 0x60
> sc0: VGA color
> fdc0: NEC 765
> fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
> wdc0 at 0x1f0
> wcd0: unit 0 (wd0): <Quantum P80A 980-80-94xx>
> wd0: 80 MB (164050 sectors), 965 cyls, 10 heads, 17 s/t, 516 b/s
> npx0 at 0xf0
> 
> Then the boot sequence hangs forever.

 Do you have a 387 coprocessor?  If not; that could be the cause
of your problem....   In the past; there have been problems in the
387 emulator.
 
 If you don't have one; I can recommend the Cyrix and INTEL versions,
stay away from anything else [that's assuming you can still find
somewhere to buy one.]

	- Dave R. -



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