Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 17:38:48 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: peterd@asiaonline.net (Peter Danford) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install: error on boot Message-ID: <199508180808.RAA04125@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950818144714.2165B-100000@asiaonline.net> from "Peter Danford" at Aug 18, 95 02:50:45 pm
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Peter Danford stands accused of saying: > I get the error message (endless loop) when booting from floppy > or the 2.0.5 CD while trying to install: > > matcd0: getstat: After reading status byte, bus didn't go idle ff f 230 > > It seems to boot fine until it gets to that point. My CD is a SCSI > Pioneer DR-U124X, system is Pentium-100, 16meg. at the boot: prompt, type '-c'.. When the config> prompt appears, type 'disable matcd0' and then 'quit'. You'll need to do this every time you boot from the floppy, and the first time you boot from the harddisk. > Peter -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[
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