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From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net>
To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: Re: clean install won't boot from hard drive... 
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On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, Gary Palmer wrote:

> "Marc G. Fournier" wrote in message ID
> <Pine.NEB.3.93.960418163509.6921K-100000@freebsd.ki.net>:
> > On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Gary Palmer wrote:
> > 	Nope, doesn't even reach the boot prompt, which is why I 
> > think I might have screwed up the Boot Mgr somehow :(
> > 
> > 	Root is 30meg, like the rest of my machines.
> > 
> > 	Don't sure if it makes any difference, but its a 1522 controller
> > that I'm using...
> 
> >From the handbook:
> 
>   o  Adaptec AIC-6360 based boards, which includes the AHA-152x and
>      SoundBlaster SCSI cards.
> 
>      Note: You cannot boot from the SoundBlaster cards as they have no
>      on-board BIOS, which is necessary for mapping the boot device into
>      the system BIOS I/O vectors.  They are perfectly usable for
>      external tapes, CDROMs, etc, however.  The same goes for any other
>      AIC-6x60 based card without a boot ROM.  Some systems DO have a
>      boot ROM, which is generally indicated by some sort of message when
>      the system is first powered up or reset.  Check your system/board
>      documentation for more details.
> 
> Does it have a boot ROM?
>
	*groan* old hardware laying around...:(

Marc G. Fournier                                  scrappy@ki.net
Systems Administrator @ ki.net               scrappy@freebsd.org