From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 6 06:03:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA24689 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 06:03:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from typhoon.dial.pipex.net (typhoon.dial.pipex.net [158.43.128.46]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA24671; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 06:03:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aan01.dial.pipex.com by typhoon.dial.pipex.net (8.7.4/) id OAA10474; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 14:03:03 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199606061303.OAA10474@typhoon.dial.pipex.net> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Brian Candler" To: "Gary Palmer" Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 13:52:08 +0000 Subject: Re: FreeBSD boot problem CC: questions@freebsd.org Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.30) Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Boot: {here I hit Enter} > > | > > Wild guess; You have a Promise 2300 EIDE controller? There are known > problems with this controller, but I don't think an easy fix is > possible as it involves disabling the cards BIOS. I'm not even sure if > anyone has figured out WHY the BIOS boot loader hangs ... it > shouldn't. I disabled the on-board BIOS (changed JP3 from 111 to 000) and FreeBSD booted fine - but then Windows 95 didn't!! Might that be because the W95 partition is the last 500MB of a 1.2GB disk, and hence W95's boot block is not in the first 504MB? (The Promise BIOS was able to cope with that, though) Is this a mess, or what?! :-{ Brian.