Subject: Re: Boot Floppy Hangs
To: James Webster <james3838@tsi-net.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/20/1999 23:07:44
Is one attached via isa and the other via isapnp?
If so, it has _just_ been fixed in 1.4_BETA :)
You should try the next snapshot of 1.4_BETA if you can - it
should be announced RSN on this list...
David/absolute
Neighbours should be one of:
a) Understanding b) Distant c) Deaf
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, James Webster wrote:
> I needed a spare system to run some tests on, so I grabbed an old unused 486 off the shelf and put together parts to make a new system. Nothing fancy, though the hard drive I threw on it had Win95 (which actually booted, which indicates to me there can't be a serious hardware problem).
>
> My problem is, when I boot using the 1.3.3 (and 1.3.2) boot.fs it hangs at "root file system type: ffs". The only thing odd that I noticed was that it detected my 3Com 3C509B twice. Once as ep0 (irq 15) and once as ep1 (irq 5).
>
> The last four lines listed are:
>
> md0: internal 1537k image area
> boot device: fd0
> root on md0a dumps on md0b
> root file system type: ffs
>
> This is a generic 486DX2 66 machine, with a 216MB HD, 4MB Ram, and two ethernet cards (3c509B and NE2000 compatible).
>
> Thanks for your help,
> James
>