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Date:      Thu, 12 Jul 2001 17:25:29 -0400
From:      User & Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com>
To:        Eric Kozowski <eric@routergeeks.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: install problem
Message-ID:  <20010712172529.E39967@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20010712104639.D3846@schooner.routergeeks.net>; from eric@routergeeks.net on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:46:39AM -0700
References:  <20010711125918.A26313@schooner.routergeeks.net> <20010711225958.C29759@schooner.routergeeks.net> <t7frktgdllog3rosto61bq9h8nuh8tcvod@4ax.com> <20010712104639.D3846@schooner.routergeeks.net>

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	Was your 3.x install dangerously dedicated?  This is the last recourse sometimes.

Ian

As it was put forth by Eric Kozowski on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:46:39AM -0700...
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 04:21:33PM +0100, John Murphy wrote:
> > Eric Kozowski <eric@routergeeks.net> wrote:
> > 
> > >On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 12:59:19PM -0700, Eric Kozowski wrote:
> > >> 
> > >> i'm having problems doing my second freebsd install of the week.
> > >> 
> > >> i got 4.3 installed without any problems (i just did a minimal 
> > >> install, set the root password, etc.)
> > >> 
> > >> now, when i rebooted after the install, the system gets to the
> > >> boot manager (F1 for FreeBSD) and locks up there.  any key
> > >> pressed generates a beep.
> > >> 
> > >> this system had freebsd 3 on it and worked just fine.  i stripped
> > >> the system down to just a video card, pci fast ether and pci scsi
> > >> card.  i've disable most onboard stuff in the bios, except the
> > >> floppy and one serial port.
> > >> 
> > >> i don't appear to have an irq conflict (though i could be wrong).
> > >> 
> > >> anyone have any ideas?
> > >
> > >anyone? 
> > >
> > >i tried reloading again with no luck.  tried all kinds of different 
> > >bios settings, too.
> > >
> > >it still hangs at the boot manager.
> > 
> > Did you remember to set the slice with the boot partition bootable?
> 
> yep, did that.  still no go.
> 
> as soon as the bootloader comes up the system beeps once and pretty 
> much locks up.  any key press generates a beep.
> 
> 
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