Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 13:48:59 -0700 From: Victoria Welch <vikki@oz.net> To: freebsd questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: FBSD Installation fails :( Plse Help. Message-ID: <39A438BB.B1A223A3@oz.net>
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Hello all and TIA, I am attempting to install fbsd (4.1) on my personal machine. I get into the boot from the floppies until it reaches a point where it gives a message along the lines of "Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI to stabilize", I'm not sure that is exact, but close. Unfortunately the paper I wrote the message down on has disappeared and I have the machine doing other things at this point :(. If further or more specific information is required, I'll be able to get at it a little later today or early tomorrow at latest. I share this machine with windoz and red hat linux (30G drive). I think I might like to get red hat, but for now it is installed and works, such as it does. I've looked for a solution to the problem with the SCSI, but so far it is evading me :(. I have an adapted aha2940 (PCI) connected to an exabyte 8200sx in the machine - no SCSI drives, no other devices other than the tape drive and controller. FWIW: I have no problems under either windoz or rh liniux relating to the scsi card or drive. I am using the boot diskettes in preparation for the FTP install. Done that on two other preliminary test systems here and I am *amazed* it works SO WELL! The generic kernel may be the problem here, no real idea. For the time being I would prefer to boot fbsd off a boot diskette and if all goes well I can add it to lilo (linux boot loader). Can fbsd use a linux swap partition or must it have its own? If it will use the one I already have set up for linux, it would be nice. Thanks very much for your time and effort in helping someone new get going with this. For the moment I am not subscribed to this list, if you would be so kind to CC me, it would be very much appreciated. Thanks & take care, Vikki. -- Victoria Welch, WV9K, DoD#-13, SysAdmin SeaStar.org, vikki.oz.net "Walking on water and developing software to specification are easy as long as both are frozen" - Edward V. Berard. Do not unto others, that which you would not have others do unto you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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