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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

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