>>i'm trying out a board with an 386 on it no coprocessor.
>>there's an fd0, fd1, wd0 and hercules present, not more.
>>it stops after wd0, ie0, ie1 and before:
>>npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
>>
>>is it the lack of a coprocessor?
>
>Possibly.  Make sure that your kernel config for this board includes
>the options:
>
>options I386_CPU
>options MATH_EMULATE

i did include those options..(and set the bios)
after some thinkering around..a jumper on the board.
it's up&running now.
~n