Re: MCA support

1999-12-10 Thread Matthew N. Dodd
On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > My m77 has weird problems reading the floppy drive. I'm fairly sure this > > > has everything to do with code in the loader/bootstrap that doesn't like > > > the 2.88M drive. I used the 1.2M drive and it works great. I suspect a > > > normal 1.4

Re: MCA support

1999-12-09 Thread Rodney W. Grimes
> > My m77 has weird problems reading the floppy drive. I'm fairly sure this > > has everything to do with code in the loader/bootstrap that doesn't like > > the 2.88M drive. I used the 1.2M drive and it works great. I suspect a > > normal 1.44M drive would be good too. > > The loader just use

Re: MCA support

1999-12-09 Thread Rodney W. Grimes
> > My m77 has weird problems reading the floppy drive. I'm fairly sure this > > has everything to do with code in the loader/bootstrap that doesn't like > > the 2.88M drive. I used the 1.2M drive and it works great. I suspect a > > normal 1.44M drive would be good too. > > The loader just use

Re: MCA support

1999-12-09 Thread Matthew N. Dodd
On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > My m77 has weird problems reading the floppy drive. I'm fairly sure this > > has everything to do with code in the loader/bootstrap that doesn't like > > the 2.88M drive. I used the 1.2M drive and it works great. I suspect a > > normal 1.44M drive would

Re: MCA support

1999-12-09 Thread Mike Smith
> My m77 has weird problems reading the floppy drive. I'm fairly sure this > has everything to do with code in the loader/bootstrap that doesn't like > the 2.88M drive. I used the 1.2M drive and it works great. I suspect a > normal 1.44M drive would be good too. The loader just uses the BIOS;

Re: MCA support

1999-12-09 Thread Mike Smith
> Just wondering how far along MCA support is. I tried booting up > a kern.flp from the latest snapshot circa dec. 7. and I got a > "Read error" during boot, which halted the machine. My machine > was an IBM PS/2 model 77s. That's probably a bad floppy. You should

Re: MCA support

1999-12-09 Thread Matthew N. Dodd
On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Donn Miller wrote: > Just wondering how far along MCA support is. I tried booting up a > kern.flp from the latest snapshot circa dec. 7. and I got a "Read > error" during boot, which halted the machine. My machine was an IBM > PS/2 model 77s. MCA su

MCA support

1999-12-09 Thread Donn Miller
Just wondering how far along MCA support is. I tried booting up a kern.flp from the latest snapshot circa dec. 7. and I got a "Read error" during boot, which halted the machine. My machine was an IBM PS/2 model 77s. I'd like to make an mca picobsd release as well. -- - Donn

Re: Compile new kernel with MCA support

1999-11-20 Thread Jason Craig
IL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 6:03 PM Subject: Re: Compile new kernel with MCA support > [moved to -current] > > On Friday, 19 November 1999 at 17:27:15 -0500, Jason Craig wrote: > On Friday, 19 November 1999 at 17:32:20 -0500, Jason Craig wrote: > On Friday, 19

Re: Compile new kernel with MCA support

1999-11-20 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
> I am quite well aware of the mailing list etiquette. I read through many of > them frequently. Then you're aware that cross posts are also strongly frowned upon, especially on both -current and -hackers. Only one mailing list at a time please, no cross posts. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send

Re: Compile new kernel with MCA support

1999-01-17 Thread Greg Lehey
[moved to -current] On Friday, 19 November 1999 at 17:27:15 -0500, Jason Craig wrote: On Friday, 19 November 1999 at 17:32:20 -0500, Jason Craig wrote: On Friday, 19 November 1999 at 17:38:07 -0500, Jason wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a few FreeBSD machines that I am playing around with now, and