From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 17 08:14:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA00162 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 17 Aug 1996 08:14:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from yoda.fdt.net (root@yoda.fdt.net [205.229.48.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA00157 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 1996 08:14:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Kryten.nina.org (dyn024-gnv.51.fdt.net [205.229.51.25]) by yoda.fdt.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA01313; Sat, 17 Aug 1996 11:14:30 -0400 Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 11:13:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Seltzer X-Sender: frankd@Kryten.nina.org To: Frank Chu cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD Imcompatibility confirmed! In-Reply-To: <3215DCC3.4384@ipoline.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 17 Aug 1996, Frank Chu wrote: > I recently get my hold on a FreeBSD2.1 and installed it over 10 times > on my computer, the problem is that it just won't load. The bootmanager > is ok, just the kernel won't load. I have put that HD loaded with BSD > into my friend's computer and booted successfully, therefore > it is confirmed that there is a problem with BSD. My computer's hardware > configuration is as follows: > > *Award Bios dated 05/09/94 -no support for >528MB harddrive > *Promise EIDE 2300 Plus VESA controller -with a bios supporting LBA mode There is a known compatability problem with the Promise 2300 controller. You must turn off the BIOS on this card. > AMD486 120 CPU > Quantum LPS270A(270MB) > Western Digital 540MB > > * is what I believe to be the source of problem, both harddrives won't > boot BSD, but will boot > on another computer. > Frank -- Only in America can a homeless veteran sleep in a cardboard box while a draft dodger sleeps in the White House - anonymous