From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 23 07:16:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA15251 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 07:16:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gate.ti.com (news.ti.com [192.94.94.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA15245 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 07:16:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from micro.ti.com ([158.218.57.230]) by gate.ti.com (8.6.13) with SMTP id JAA00643 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 09:15:30 -0500 Received: from underpaid.micro.ti.com by micro.ti.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-941013) id AA12220; Tue, 23 Jul 96 09:14:59 CDT Received: by underpaid.micro.ti.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA03426; Tue, 23 Jul 96 09:14:58 CDT From: jzbiciak@micro.ti.com (Joe Zbiciak) Message-Id: <9607231414.AA03426@underpaid.micro.ti.com> Subject: Unable to boot standard boot floppy. To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 09:14:58 -0500 (CDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE on my machine at home. I've been unsuccessful getting the standard boot floppy (boot.flp, I believe) to boot. It dies shortly after several driver messages with the something along these lines: "brkadrint: Illegal host access at 0x0" I believe this message is related to my SCSI HD and controller. Here's my system configuration: EISA/VLB 486DX4/100. (Old Gateway EISA/VLB motherboard) 40MB RAM Adaptec AHA2740 controller Seagate ST43400 SCSI drive (ID 0, I believe) Diamond Stealth 64 (VLB, 2MB DRAM) Do you have any suggestions? This configuration works fine under Linux. (I certainly hope "Linux" isn't a dirty word around there.) :-) I'm installing FreeBSD with the intention of running some (hopefully meaningful) benchmarks so I can compare the two above and beyond the noise in .advocacy groups and the like. Thanks, --Joe -- +--------------Joseph Zbiciak--------------+ |- - - - - jzbiciak@micro.ti.com - - - - -| Not your average "Joe." | - - http://ee1.bradley.edu/~im14u2c/ - - | +-------#include --------+