>From: "Andrew S. Clapp" <clapp@peak.org>
>Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 13:58:38 -0700

>2) The boot12G.fs works fine, but when booting from hard drive (ide)
>the boot sequence freezes after finding fd0.  The next thing according
>to the boot floppy, would be these two lines,
>
>biomask 4040 netmask 4240 ttymask 42c2
>md0: interval 1537K images area

How long did you wait?  One thing I've noticed in the past is that
the probe for fd1 (second floppy on fdc0) can take a long time if
there is no drive there.  But if it sits for more than a minute,
something is broken.
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