Subject: Re: Boot Floppy Hangs
To: James Webster <james3838@tsi-net.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/20/1999 23:07:44
	Is one attached via isa and the other via isapnp?

	If so, it has _just_ been fixed in 1.4_BETA :)
	You should try the next snapshot of 1.4_BETA if you can - it
	should be announced RSN on this list...

		David/absolute

                      Neighbours should be one of:
                a) Understanding   b) Distant   c) Deaf

On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, James Webster wrote:

> I needed a spare system to run some tests on, so I grabbed an old unused 486 off the shelf and put together parts to make a new system.  Nothing fancy, though the hard drive I threw on it had Win95 (which actually booted, which indicates to me there can't be a serious hardware problem).  
> 
> My problem is, when I boot using the 1.3.3 (and 1.3.2) boot.fs it hangs at "root file system type: ffs".  The only thing odd that I noticed was that it detected my 3Com 3C509B twice.  Once as ep0 (irq 15) and once as ep1 (irq 5).
> 
> The last four lines listed are:
> 
> md0: internal 1537k image area
> boot device: fd0
> root on md0a dumps on md0b
> root file system type: ffs
> 
> This is a generic 486DX2 66 machine, with a 216MB HD, 4MB Ram, and two ethernet cards (3c509B and NE2000 compatible).
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> James
>