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- From: cc465@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steven M Ratliff)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: [386BSD] Infinite reboot with partitioned IDE drive
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 19:43:53 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Message-ID: <1ee6dpINNkjc@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- References: <1992Nov17.201554.21921@cs.mun.ca>
- Reply-To: cc465@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steven M Ratliff)
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- In a previous article, paul8@odie.cs.mun.ca (Paul Manuel) says:
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- >
- >Problem: Machine goes into an infinite reboot when running
- > 386BSD with the disk having BSD and MSDOS partitions.
- >
- >Machine Specs: Processor: 486DX/33Mhz
- > RAM: 8MB
- > Cache: 128K
- > Disk: 100MB Kalok KL3100
- > Chip Set: UMC (UM82C480)
- > VGA Card: Cardinal VGA 16bit, 1MB
- >
- >Success: I've had success getting 386bsd running using the Kalok
- > drive if I use the entire volume for BSD but I have to
- > keep a msdos partition>
-
- I have the same problem with a 33 Mhz 386DX 4MB RAM 128K cache and
- a Connor Peripherals cp30104 120MB IDE drive. Both the stock Dist.fs and the
- CGD patched Dist.fs go into the infinite hard reboot cycle when partitioned
- with Dos and both work just fine if installed on the entire volume. When they
- are partioned with DOS the banner comes up and then the kernel panics. Un-
- fortunately it reboots far to fast to be able to read the diagnostic messages.
- The best I could make out was a kernel panic trap and then something about
- dumping RAM to disk.
- The install does put all the files out there and wd0a can be mounted
- from the fixit or dist floppy on /mnt and files can be manipulated on the
- drive. Is there a way to boot from a floppy and then mount wd0a on /?
- I can live with this as a temporary workaround.
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- cc465@cleveland.freenet.edu <Steve Ratliff>
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