From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 21 10:42: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from c007.snv.cp.net (c007-h011.c007.snv.cp.net [209.228.33.217]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B15D237B401 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 10:41:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sobolak@telocity.com) Received: (cpmta 10447 invoked from network); 21 Jun 2001 10:41:54 -0700 Received: from unknown (HELO ELVIS.swh.SynergyBiz.com) (64.130.72.57) by smtp.telocity.com (209.228.33.217) with SMTP; 21 Jun 2001 10:41:54 -0700 X-Sent: 21 Jun 2001 17:41:54 GMT Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 10:41:45 -0700 From: Brian Sobolak X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.51) Personal Reply-To: Telocity X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <73102257137.20010621104145@telocity.com> To: Tony Coon Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install question In-Reply-To: <3B32235F.ACB6ACA6@cup.hp.com> References: <3B32235F.ACB6ACA6@cup.hp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello Tony, Thursday, June 21, 2001, 9:39:59 AM, you wrote: TC> I tried to install from a BSDi FreeBSD disc dated August 2000, and all TC> appeared to be going as expected, however when the system rebooted after TC> the install it goes through the firmware POST, etc, then just a blank TC> screen with a blinking cursor. If the disc is disconnected, it delivers TC> a "insert floppy" or some such message, so it looks like the firmware is TC> finding the boot loader. Did you verify that the IRQ settings are correct? You can see the settings the kernel found during setup if you hit the SCROLL LOCK key after you've entered all your hardware settings. (This saved me when I experienced something similar recently) This page explains it better than I can, though you might to try one of his other guides if you're using a different version of FreeBSD. http://people.freebsd.org/~rpratt/42/probe_start.html brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message