Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 21:46:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: ALHACK@am.pnu.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD disk drivers Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960717214532.230C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <1ed33f50@am.pnu.com>
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On Wed, 17 Jul 1996 ALHACK@am.pnu.com wrote:
> I loaded FreeBSD 2.1.0 (in a user configuration) on a computer with about a
> 500MB drive in a dual boot mode with DOS. Both BSD and DOS work well.
>
> When I tried to load BSD on another computer (dual boot mode) with a 1083.8
> MB drive the system seems to load but will not boot. Some preliminary
> verbage is displayed and then the "Boot:" is displayed (seems normal so
> far). Then the "bar" is displayed but does not "spin" - the system just
> hangs. Yes, DOS still boots!
>
> The controller is a Promise EIDE2300 PLUS VESA Local Bus with on board BIOS
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is it. The Promise is not compatible with FreeBSD. Replace it with
another IDE controller. (Some suggest to disable the onboard BIOS but
this doesn't always work)
Doug White | University of Oregon
Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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