port-i386: Re: Hard drive boot problems (1.1)

Subject: Re: Hard drive boot problems (1.1)
To: None <NICK.HUDSON@sc.rafsca.hpdesk.hpdeskgw.hpdeskgw.mailnet.fi>
From: Matthias Drochner <drochner@zelux6.zel.kfa-juelich.de>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/14/1996 17:07:08

Excerpts from netbsd: 14-Jun-96 Hard drive boot problems (1.1)
NICK.HUDSON@sc.rafsca.hp (801)

>    Everything seems to install correctly, but I just cannot boot from
> either hd. The error message is "Read Error".

I had the same error messages when I tried to install
NetBSD-1.1 on a IDE drive.
This was caused by the BIOS not passing drive information
to bootstrap in %dl.
Workaround: make special bootblocks for hard disk
(remove floppy code, hardwire drive 0x80).

Was a Phoenix BIOS.

best regards
Matthias Drochner