Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 09:28:08 -0700 From: Tony Coon <tcoon@cup.hp.com> To: David Dooley <dpd@raffles-it.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Brian Sobolak <sobolak@telocity.com> Subject: Re: Install question Message-ID: <3B337218.ACFA4BF4@cup.hp.com> References: <200106212155.f5LLtGs24233@arrow.lan.raffles-it.com>
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Brian, Dave, Thanks for the help and very prompt responses. With both of your suggestions it's up and running. I did have some device conflicts so I deleted them from the generic kernel. I also did not install the BSD loader this time and it all seems to have worked out as advertised. cheers, tony David Dooley wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature -- 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
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