At 23:37 -0600 on 12/20/96, Bruce Perens wrote:
> I don't think this is a boot floppy problem. > Under Debian 1.2, the "wd" driver is in a module. You should be able > to remove or reconfigure that "wd" module by booting your system with > the rescue floppy, mounting your hard disk, and editing /etc/modules > or /etc/conf.modules on the mounted hard disk. You can also boot directly > from the hard disk by adding the "emergency" command to the boot command > line. > > Since it says "loading device 'eth0', I surmise that you are running kerneld > and you have /etc/conf.modules aliasing "eth0" to "wd". If that's not the > case I don't understand how you'd get that driver, unless you built your own > kernel. > > Thanks > > Bruce > Bruce, I didn't explain the situation very well and I asked the wrong question. Let me try again. I couldn't get the Debian 1.2 disks dated 96-12-8 to boot because the system would hang. Your suggestion to add the boot command "linux cm206=0x350" solved the problem. Because I was having troubles and my request for help had not had enough time to generate an answer, I built a 1.2 system using a set of 1.1 boot disks. Everything went very well until I tried to boot the new system. First I had to specify the boot command "linux cm206=0x350" or else the system would hang just like the 96-12-8 boot disks. Once I got past that point, the system now hangs with these messages: > Loading device 'eth0' > wd.c:v1.10 9/23/94 .......... > eth0: WD80x3 at 0x300 00 00 C0 A6 D2 24 WD8003, IRQ5, shared memory at 0xb800 > 0-0xb9fff It should be noted that this hardware configuration was working with a 1.1 system before I started over with 1.2. Hopefully, this explaination should clarify the situation. So, the questions are: 1. Why does the ethernet driver WD hang at boot under 1.2 when it was working under 1.1? 2. Is there some interaction between the boot command "linux cm206=0x350" and the hanging of the ethernet driver? 3. How do I fix it? TIA, Butch Butch Kemper | Free sound advice available Brazos Internet Consulting Group | "95% sound and 5% advice" 409-696-6057 | Refunds cheerfully provided -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]