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From: merwin@agora.UUCP (Ralph Merwin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: BellTech Unix woes on Micronics 25MHz system
Message-ID: <1796@agora.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jan 90 15:23:24 GMT
References: <1990Jan8.123642.25409@ipso.rss.ips.oz.au>
Reply-To: merwin@.UUCP (Ralph Merwin)
Organization: Merwin Software Services
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In article <1990Jan8.123642.25409@ipso.rss.ips.oz.au> craigb@ipso.rss.ips.oz.au (Craig Bevins) writes:
>I am trying to install Bell Technologies SysV/386 3.2u on a system
>	Micronics 25MHz 386 motherboard, no 387
		.....
>	Phoenix BIOS 1.10.O7
		.....

>It refuses to boot Unix from the installation floppy, hanging shortly
>after it gets to the "Booting the UNIX System ...." message.  It steps

	[more description deleted...]

I had this same problem with a similar hardware setup.  Turned out to be
the motherboard BIOS.  Get the latest version that you can.  Mine is
rev 1.10.10 or so.


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