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- From: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com (Rob Warnock)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: Endless boot cycle- suggestions?
- Message-ID: <ouh8fgk@sgi.sgi.com>
- Date: 23 Aug 92 16:58:06 GMT
- Sender: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- yas@hpycla.kobe.hp.com (Yasuyuki Suzuki) writes:
- +---------------
- | The following is my configuration.
- | HI-Tech USA ISA-486/33 w/ AMI BIOS and SiS Chipset
- | 8MB RAM
- | Adaptech 1542B
- | HP2213A 633MB SCSI Disk
- | IBM DOS 5.0
- | I removed all cards (i.e. IDE/FDD,1P/2S/1G) except Video (Diamond
- | SpeedStar Plus) and 1542B from AT bus and re-installed 386BSD from the
- | FDD controlled by 1542B. But the situation was not changed.
- | Then, I tried to install to IDE disk (Conner CP30104H) and the 386BSD
- | was successfully booted from the hard drive.
- | So, I think our problems are related to disk controlers or hard disks.
- +---------------
-
- Well, I have the exact same Hi-Tech USA ISA-486/33 system, with 1542B and
- SCSI disk, and it works fine. Hint: The partition layout is critical! If
- you've left a DOS partition before the Unix "a" partition, you have to
- patch "asboot" to point to where the Unix "a" partition really is -- else
- "asboot" thinks it's at "0". (This is a bug in "asboot".)
-
-
- -Rob
-
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- Rob Warnock, MS-9U/510 rpw3@sgi.com
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