Re: The mach kernel hangs after detecting my flopy

[Tom Hart]

Dan Adrian wrote:
> Hello Everyone  , i'm new (just trying to make it work
> on my machine) so i would apreciate the help, 
> I cant boot the mach kernel , it loads ok and detects
> my disk drives and then it hangs , the last thing it
> prints is "FDC 0 is post-1991 82077" , and nothing
> work's from that point (i have to unplug the machine)

GNU Mach has notorious problems with IRQ sharing, and it also throbs on 
some devices. Unplugging devices or recompiling Mach can help solve the 
problem. There's also a Hardware Compatibility Guide you can take a look at.

> i used the grub command lines to boot :
> root (hd0,3)
> kernel /boot/gnumach.gz root=hd0s4
> module /boot/serverboot.gz
> boot

The serverboot method is deprecated. Refer to Neal's Install Guide or 
the GNU/Hurd User's Guide (http://seinfeld.arrowstreet.com/docs) for a 
more up-to-date method of booting the Hurd.

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