Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 15:06:15 -0600 From: Derek Ragona <dragona@interaccess.com> To: <dirk@FreeBSD.org>, dirk@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/12743: Cannot boot the 3.2 floppies Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20001108150615.007e5330@pop.interaccess.com> In-Reply-To: <200011081656.IAA56056@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Yes, this is still a problem with versions thru 4.2. I have NOT tried it with 4.2 beta. I exchanged emails with Robert Nordier, rnordier@nordier.com, who is the author of the bootstrap code. It seems to be on some systems the BIOS on the initial int 13h probe does NOT report the floppy is present, yet the BIOS does go ahead and perform the floppy test. Also the FreeBSD loader DOES see and properly identify the floppy drive. It is a strange problem, due to BIOS differences, and the addition of this BIOS test. The best suggestion would be to allow for some user settings or different boot images that would be available to people with systems like mine. (by different boot images ones with a floppy 1.44 drive a hard coded so the test is not performed.) -Derek At 08:56 AM 11/8/00 -0800, dirk@FreeBSD.org wrote: >Synopsis: Cannot boot the 3.2 floppies > >State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback >State-Changed-By: dirk >State-Changed-When: Wed Nov 8 08:55:08 PST 2000 >State-Changed-Why: >Does this problem still exist with newer FreeBSD versions (e. g. 4.2-BETA)? > >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=12743 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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