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- From: suga@kaitoh.yaskawa.co.jp (SUGA Masanao)
- Newsgroups: fj.os.386bsd
- Subject: Re: Q: COMPAQ, SCSI HD, and 386bsd
- Message-ID: <SUGA.92Dec23030639@kaitoh.yaskawa.co.jp>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 18:06:39 GMT
- References: <SUGA.92Dec15014545@kaitoh.yaskawa.co.jp> <696@cslab.kecl.ntt.jp>
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- In-reply-to: wen@cslab.kecl.ntt.jp's message of 21 Dec 92 17:01:17 JST
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- In article <696@cslab.kecl.ntt.jp> wen@cslab.kecl.ntt.jp (Wu Wen) writes:
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- |I am trying to install 386bsd in my Compaq LTE Lite/25 with 4MB memory
- |and 120MB HD. I have a dos primary partition, which uses 30 MB, I intend
- |to use the rest for 386bsd. I also have a desktop expension which i intend
- |to install another bigger HD in the future.
- |
- |Now i ftped the bootables dist.fs and fixit.fs from my sparc, copied it
- |to my compaq, and rawrite it to a flopy disk. when i tried to boot it
- |up, after the memory test, the floppy drive's light appears, and the
- |screen will blink(as if the alt+crt+del keys are depressed). then everything
- |start all over again, memory test and it goes on like this.
- |
- |Can anyone tell me what could be the problem? your help is appreciated.
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- According to the information I got from a commercial BBS, COMPAQ machines
- look to have something special(incompatible?) in hardware or BIOS.
- That might be the cause of the phenomena described above.
- The bootable disk image and "fixit" file for COMPAQ could be found in
- some commercial BBS like NIFTY-serve or anonymous ftp/uucp sites.
-
- I hope my info. would be helpful.
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