Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 13:17:25 +0100 From: alex@suffix.demon.co.uk To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Problems getting FreeBSD installed and operational Message-ID: <E19BZTh-00046P-0Z@anchor-post-35.mail.demon.net>
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Hi, I'm getting to my wits end with trying to get FreeBSD installed and working on a Compaq Evo D310 machine. Below is a description of what I've tried and any help would be most gratefully received :-) Insert FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE CD (downloaded ISO on 29th April 2003) - boot machine, the machine reads the CD - I get dash '-' in the top left of the screen, then a register dump followed by the message "BTX halted" Tried the above operations with 4.2-RELEASE and 4.4-RELEASE CDs as well (the only ones that I have to hand at the moment) - same results. OK, I thought - switch to boot floppy mode - created the disks, and loaded from them - hey I'm getting some results - perform a minimal installtion, and every thing goes fine - right up until the time that I reboot to start BSD for real, and guess what, register dump and "BTX halted". Tried this twice, once with "Standard MBR" and once with the boot menu - both have the same results. The machine is standard - straight out of the box - and I don't want to dual-boot it so I've zapped the MS XP builder partition. I've tried searching for others who have had similar problems - with no cures showing. Can anybody help with this please? Regards, Alex Croton P.S. I can transcribe the register dump if it will help!
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