Subject: Re: Trouble with BIOS,i486EISA&AHA1740
To: None <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
From: Igor <hibitek@globalserve.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/13/1998 21:56:01
Oops, Michael, sorry, I didn't insert the right floppy. I corrected this and here are posted secrets you are after!

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NetBSD 1.3.2 (INSTALL) #0: Fri May 29 11:18:40 PDT 1998
    root@struis:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/INSTALL
cpu0: Intel 486DX (486-class)
real mem  = 24772608
avail mem = 21331968
using 328 buffers containing 1343488 bytes of memory
mainbus0 (root)
eisa0 at mainbus0
device ADP0002 at eisa0 slot 1 not configured
isa0 at mainbus0
ne1 at isa0 port 0x300-0x31f irq 10
ne1: NE2000 Ethernet
ne1: Ethernet address 00:40:95:11:8e:b2
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns8250 or ns16450, no fifo
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns8250 or ns16450, no fifo
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0-0xff: using exception 16
pc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x6f irq 1: color
pc0: console
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
fd1 at fdc0 drive 1: 1.2MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 15 sec
biomask 40 netmask 440 ttymask 442
md0: internal 1537K image area
boot device: fd0
root on md0a dumps on md0b
root file system type: ffs
fd0a: hard error writing fsbn 19 (st0 44<abnrml,top_head> st1 2<write_protect> st2 0 cyl 0 head 1 sec 2)
fd0a: hard error writing fsbn 1018 (st0 40<abnrml> st1 2<write_protect> st2 0 cyl 28 head 0 sec 11)
fd0a: hard error writing fsbn 1 of 1-3 (st0 40<abnrml> st1 2<write_protect> st2 0 cyl 0 head 0 sec 2)
fd0a: hard error writing fsbn 10 of 10-12 (st0 40<abnrml> st1 2<write_protect> st2 0 cyl 0 head 0 sec 11)
fd0a: hard error writing fsbn 19 (st0 44<abnrml,top_head> st1 2<write_protect> st2 0 cyl 0 head 1 sec 2)
;^|*

Igor wrote:

> After I enered {{ # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0a /mnt  }} I got :
> {{ # mount_msdos: mount: Invallid argument }}
> :^)*
>
> Michael C. Richardson wrote:
>
> >   Boot the NetBSD floppy.
> >   Put a DOS floppy in, get to a shell:
> >         mount -t msdos /dev/fd0a /mnt
> >         cp /kern/msgbuf /mnt/dmesg.txt
> >         umount /mnt
> >
> >   Post the results.
> >
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