Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 22:55:16 +0100 From: David Dooley <dpd@raffles-it.com> To: tcoon@cup.hp.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install question Message-ID: <200106212155.f5LLtGs24233@arrow.lan.raffles-it.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Tony Coon <tcoon@cup.hp.com> of "Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:39:59 PDT." <3B32235F.ACB6ACA6@cup.hp.com>
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--==_Exmh_-845089296P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Tony, I don't know if it will help, but I have a machine that installs just fine, but refuses to boot. My system is a Digital 5000 series machine. I asked here in "questions" and several people responded. Several with patches to modify the boot block code, I was not comfortable about installing these patches and finally a message from one person saying to install with the standard boot loader and not the FreeBSD one. This worked for me, but it meant that the system was dedicated to FreeBSD and would not be available to share with other OS's. This is not a problem for me as all my systems only have FreeBSD installed. I also meant that I didn't have to remember something special for the upgrade/maintenance of that 1 machine. Enjoy, David. > > I tried to install from a BSDi FreeBSD disc dated August 2000, and all > appeared to be going as expected, however when the system rebooted after > the install it goes through the firmware POST, etc, then just a blank > screen with a blinking cursor. If the disc is disconnected, it delivers > a "insert floppy" or some such message, so it looks like the firmware is > finding the boot loader. > > The machine is an unremarkable 200Mhz Pentium with IDE drive. The video > is a bog standard Matrox Millineum VGA. > > I've tried this install a couple of times with the same result. There > seems to be nothing in the instructions or FAQ that describes this. > > Any ideas where I can start looking aor where I may have gone wrong > during the install? > > cheers, > tony > -- > > Tony Coon (408) 447-4095 > Hewlett-Packard tcoon@cup.hp.com > 19420 Homestead Rd M/S 43LK Cupertino, California 95014-0683 > "No amount of careful planning will ever replace dumb luck" > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > --==_Exmh_-845089296P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 iD8DBQE7Mm1EiTCzTVFwd6wRAqgEAKCvsaXNpZ2BwSb3V+LaMnihGuZ27gCgzuAh waylPmTbACc2ak4WkN5HvDI= =qTE2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-845089296P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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