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- From: rsj@wa4mei (Randy Jarrett)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: Can't boot ISC 2.0.2
- Keywords: ISC 2.0.2 boot
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.025048.29758@wa4mei>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 02:50:48 GMT
- References: <1992Aug26.015704.8894@sun490.fdu.edu>
- Organization: Amateur Radio Gateway WA4MEI, Chamblee, GA
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- In <1992Aug26.015704.8894@sun490.fdu.edu> tempel@sun490.fdu.edu (Philippe N. Tempel) writes:
-
- >I recently bought an AMD 386-40Mhz clone motherboard and installed it in my
- >AT compatible case. I tried to boot ISC 2.0.2 from drive A, but I had no
- >luck in getting it going. The hardware I have is:
-
- >AMD 306-40Mhz clone motherboard
- > UMC chipset
- > AMI BIOS
- > 8MB memory
- >Genoa SuperEGA HIRes+ video card
- >Amdek 722 monitor
- >Seagate ST-251 hard disk
- >3:1 MFM controller
- >I/O card
- >220 watt power supply
- >Maxi-Switch keyboard
-
- >After I cold boot with the ISC boot disk in drive A, I get the message
- >"Booting the UNIX system..." and see some disk activity. Finally, after
- >4 minutes the screen goes blank and the system hangs in limbo. Any ideas
- >before I take the motherboard back? I did disable caching, shadow ROM and
- >shadow RAM.
-
- >Thanks,
- >Philippe
-
- I am not familiar with your video card but if it is a 16 bit card you
- will need to either put it in an 8 bit mode or move it to an 8 bit slot.
-
- Randy
-
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