Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 13:17:22 -0400 From: "Paul F. Werkowski" <pw@snoopy.mv.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2.1 boot.flp Message-ID: <199704151717.NAA00218@snoopy.mv.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 15 Apr 1997 11:14:06 MDT." <199704151714.LAA00991@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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|Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.mt.sri.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA00991; Tue, 15 Apr 1997 11:14:06 -0600 (MDT) |Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 11:14:06 -0600 (MDT) |Message-Id: <199704151714.LAA00991@rocky.mt.sri.com> |From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> |MIME-Version: 1.0 |Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii |Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit |To: "Paul F. Werkowski" <pw@snoopy.mv.com> |Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, bugs@freebsd.org |Subject: Re: 2.2.1 boot.flp |In-Reply-To: <199704151707.NAA00195@snoopy.mv.com> |References: <199704151520.JAA00220@rocky.mt.sri.com> | <199704151707.NAA00195@snoopy.mv.com> |X-Mailer: VM 6.26 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid | |[ boot failure on laptop ] | |> |Try changing the flags on the npx0 device to 0x1. |> |> I am not sure what you mean by changing the flags. |> Is this something that is done at kernel build time? | |No, at boot time in the Configuration editor. | |> I am now only using FreeBSD 2.1.6 whose boot disk |> seemed to show IDE disk read problems, so I just |> tried the 2.2.1 boot on the off chance something |> was fixed. Or is changing the flags something that |> can be done in one of the optional boot modes? | |Yep. In visual mode change the npx0 flags to 0x1. | | |Nate | Ok, got it, thanks. Now I've got a blank screen with the cursor at lower left (not-blinking). The F2 screen says DEBUG: ioctl(3, TIOCCONS, NULL) = 0 (success) Box is not hung as I can flick between F1 and F2 screens. Dou have another rabbit in your hat? Paul
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