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- From: dufault@alliant.com (Peter Dufault)
- Subject: Re: [386BSD] Problems booting on Gateway 4DX2-66V
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.184048.2256@alliant.com>
- Keywords: 386 bsd boot problems gateway local bus
- Organization: Alliant Computer Systems Corp.
- References: <dhess.721500427@Xenon.Stanford.EDU>
- Distribution: comp
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 18:40:48 GMT
- Lines: 26
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- (No one responded first time. Micronics 486VL won't boot from floppy).
-
- You need the patch provided by "someone"@kithrup.com. (sorry, the
- mail is somewhere else). It changes the bit pattern that we are
- waiting to show up in one of the floppy control registers. Here
- is the binary differences for dist.fs and fixit.fs:
-
- molly% cmp -l dist.fs pdist.fs
- 336 6 7
- molly% cmp -l fixit.fs pfixit.fs
- 336 6 7
-
- The text was also posted but I don't have that here.
-
- You will also want to rebuild using the patches to get a reliable
- system. One annoying bug after that is that the console will frequently
- not respond unless you
-
- A. Hit return while the system is coming up or
- B. Somehow log in (e-net or serial) and "su".
-
- I don't think either of these problems has shown up in the official bug
- list.
-
- I'll send in bug reports as soon as I track down the e-mail with the
- fix listing.
-