Subject: Re: 1.4.2 fails on my new pIII system.
To: Brian Buhrow <buhrow@lothlorien.nfbcal.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/09/2000 19:50:58
	Bummer... good luck on tracking it down :/

                David/absolute
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On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Brian Buhrow wrote:

> 	Definitely not fixed there.
> -Brian
> On Oct 8,  7:52pm, David Brownlee wrote:
> } Subject: Re: 1.4.2 fails on my new pIII system.
> } On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Brian Buhrow wrote:
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> } > 	Following up on my own post for a third time, I've got 1.4.3_ALPHA
> } > installed now, thanks to not using the pccons driver.  I had to split the
> } > generic kernel across two floppy disks, boot 1.2G, copy the kernel bits
> } > onto the hard drive, glue them back together and reboot.  Now I have a
> } > working kernel which uses the wscons driver to talk to the Weasel card and
> } > that seems to work.  I guess the pccons driver officially doesn't get along
> } > with the PC Weasel card from version 1.4 to 1.5ALPHA.  Too bad, it makes
> } > installation a real drag.  When I get things installed, I'll poke at it and
> } > see if I can figure out where pccons is losing its lunch.
> } 
> } 	Please do - it would be good to find and fix this.
> } 	Could you try a 1.5_ALPHA2 boot floppy to see if its fixed there?
> } 
> }                 David/absolute
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