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- From: jbh@aii.com
- Subject: Re: patched bootables on agate...
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.112318.7326@pixie.aii.com>
- Keywords: BOOT PROBLEMS wd0
- Sender: newspost@pixie.aii.com
- Organization: Automation Intelligence
- References: <14gb3kINNlsr@agate.berkeley.edu> <explorer.711733580@tbird.cc.iastate.edu> <1992Jul22.191215.29393@linus.mitre.org>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 11:23:18 GMT
- Lines: 43
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- In article <1992Jul22.191215.29393@linus.mitre.org> wheeler@jeckle.mitre.org (Brien L. Wheeler) writes:
- >In article <explorer.711733580@tbird.cc.iastate.edu>, explorer@iastate.edu (Michael Graff) writes:
- >>
- >> I tried these disks, but I still can't install BSD 0.1 on my Zenith
- >> Z-386/25.
- >>
- >> Install info:
- >> install using the patched and non-patched dist.fs disks. When
- >> installing, it seems to write to the hard drive fine. If I
- >> hit ^C when it wants to reboot, I can mount the filesystem and
- >> everything seems to work. However, it locks during reboot.
- >> The keyboard lights flash, and the floppy light stays on. It
- >> requires a power cycle to make it come back to life.
- >
- >I too have had problems loading 386BSD onto the drive in my Zenith Z-386
- >PC. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about the PC architecture to
- >adequately describe my system, but it includes a WD8013 Elite at IRQ 2,
- >5 MB RAM, a Paradise VGA card, a 387 FPU, and an 80 MB HD (don't know what
- >kind). I have the same problems as Michael Graff -- It just won't boot
- >off the hard disk, even though it appears to be installed correctly.
- >
- > Brien
- >
- I had this same problem, did lots of chasing and found the 2nd stage boot
- code had a BIG broken in it ! It would work with a real W.D. chipset
- controller, but NOT some of the clones. Turns out to be a real NO NO in the
- code, using registers explicitly stated as WRITE ONLY, and explicitly stated
- as 4 bits big, as a READ for status (trying to read the TOP 4 bits, which
- are stated to BE RESERVED and UNDEFINED !!!!).
- To make the long story short, we posted a fix to the net, see article 2608.
- This includes diffs and a uuencoded bootwd needed to correct the problem.
-
- Regards,
- Jim
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