From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Mar 7 2: 0:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBE7E37BE01 for ; Tue, 7 Mar 2000 02:00:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id CAA51223; Tue, 7 Mar 2000 02:00:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 02:00:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200003071000.CAA51223@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: i386/17228: Installation floppies hang up on Compaq Armada V300 laptop Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR i386/17228; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn To: root@infres.enst.fr Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i386/17228: Installation floppies hang up on Compaq Armada V300 laptop Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 11:57:27 +0200 On Mon, 06 Mar 2000 19:50:57 +0100, root@infres.enst.fr wrote: > >Synopsis: Installation floppies hang up on Compaq Armada V300 laptop I believe that the NCR probe locks up on these machines. You could try a custom kern.flp with a ncr-less kernel on it. I believe you can do this by mounting the kernel floppy read-write and replacing the kernel on it with a custom-built kernel. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message