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- From: news@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (InterNet News)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: 386BSD Kernel hang problems on Gateway 2000 486/DX2
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 14:33:51 -0600
- Organization: Armstrong Lab MIS, Brooks AFB TX
- Lines: 56
- Message-ID: <1h7u3fINNi4e@hrd769.brooks.af.mil>
- References: <9212221819.AA18464@deepthought.cs.utexas.edu>
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- In article <9212221819.AA18464@deepthought.cs.utexas.edu> DS1437@acspr1.acs.brockport.edu writes:
- :
- : I am trying to install 386bsd on a GateWay 2000 486 50Mhz DX/2. The
- :system has a 205 Mb IDE Drive. I can run the install disk fine, however
- :when I boot off the hard drive the screen looks like this:
- :
- :pc0<color> at 0x60 irq 1 on isa
- :com1 at 0x3f8 irq 4 on isa
- :com2 at 0x2f8 irq 3 on isa
- :/* There is a sufficient long delay here for some reason */
- :fd0 drives 0:1.44M, 1:1.2M at 0x3f0 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
- :ne0 ethernet address 02:00:00:00:14:e4 at 0x300 irq 9 on isa
- :npx0 at 0xf0 irq 13 on isa
- :
- :PANIC: Cannont mount root
- :trap type 12 code=fe060000 eip=fe01278a cs=8 eflags=10282 cr2 14 cpl a
- :
- :PANIC: trap
- :
- :/* It then says something about dumping the memory to the device and */
- :/* Gets a --device bad message */
- :
- : Notice that the hard drive controller was never listed in the list,
- :however when I boot from the fixit or install disk it looks the exact same
- :except where the delay occurs I get a line like:
- :
- :wd0 <WDC AC2200F> at 0x1f0 irq 14 on isa
- :
- :If I boot with the fixit disk, I then can mount the hard drive without
- :a problem. I tried copying the kernel from the fixit to the hard drive,
- :and even tried changing the device files still it did it.
- :I downloaded the unofficial fixes which claim that wd.c was fixed, and that
- :still did not change a thing. (In directory newbootables)
- :I have not tried the compaq bootable fixed yet, however what I have
- :been told by Adrian@rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk that the compaq fix is something
- :totally different, and that fix would not work in this case.
- : Do anyone have any incling why the kernel is not initializing the
- :hard drive controller correctly as that looks like the problem to me?
- :
- :
-
- I ran across similar problems with the wd0 driver when I was working on
- getting the Ultrastor working. Have you tried powering the system off
- before you reboot. I have had similar problems with the hard drive and
- ethernet cards not initializing. Power cycles cure the problem for me,
- since the card is then completely reset.
- I am going to be looking into this problem for the Ultrastor, and
- wouldn't be surprised to find a similar solution for your problem as well.
-
- I also found that the sdboot/bootsd pair from ref.tfs.com work pretty
- well. I haven't had any problems with them since I installed them. They
- will boot a wd0 card very nicely as well as booting SCSI cards. They are
- my choice for booting whwnever anyone has a boot problem.
-
- TSgt Dave Burgess
- NCOIC AL/MISBrooks AFB, TX
-