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Subject: bin/2594: floppy install hangs after or on npx driver; cannot proceed w/ sysinstall
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>Number:         2594
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       floppy install hangs after or on npx driver; cannot proceed w/ sysinstall
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jan 26 04:10:00 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Trevor Wells
>Organization:
>Release:        2.1.5
>Environment:
>Description:
Installation from floppy cannot proceed due to system hang on or after
the npx driver.  Installs all other drivers, and have tried disabling
all devices not present from boot kernel.

Current computer config:
 AMI 486 EISA mb w/ Intel 486DX2 66
 Genoa Phantom 32i w/ 2MB
 3com 3c509 ethernet card
 SIIG EIDE controller card
  Primary controller
   1.6GB Western DIGital
   420MB Western digital
  Secondary Controller
   420MB Western digital
  2 Com ports
   mouse on com1 irq 4
   open serial on com4 irq 12
  1 Parallel port
   HP Deskjet 820Cse printer
Soundblster 16 SCSI
  NEC 4x internal SCSI CDROM
USR Sportster 28.8 Vi modem on Com2 irq 3
USR Sportster 14.4 modem on Com3 irq 2

>How-To-Repeat:
boot from floppy gives same results w/o fail
>Fix:
unknown
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: