Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 02:44:38 -0500 From: Fox <foxbsd@gristle.to> To: "Jonathan Kirk" <ftb330@thepub.co.za>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.0.20020817024102.028f7c60@pop-server.austin.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <200208161951.g7GJp0q20566@mailgate.mailbox.co.za>
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At 09:50 PM 8/16/02 +0200, Jonathan Kirk wrote: >Hi there > >I was just wondering if there were any known problems with FreeBSD and >AMD machines ? > >I have tried installing FreeBSD 4.6 on my machine numerous times, and >have been unsucessfull everytime.Iv'e downloaded the iso's, ive had >them copied by other people, and i just recieved a different copy >today. And to my dismay i found the same problem. It boots off the cd, >begins installation, formats partitions, and lets me select all the >appropriate configurations. When it begins extracting the files to the >/ partition, it just freezes, and goes no where. This could be your CDROM drive if you are using the 4.6 release (not 4.6.1 or 4.6.2) This happened on my machine as well, and the fix is quite simple. Look at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.6R/errata.html for the fix. I hope this helps. Dudley Fox >Im running a AMD Duron 1 Ghz / 512 megs ram, are there any recorded >"bugs" with AMD? > >Any help would be greatly appreciated > >Yours Sincerely >Jonathan >_______________________________________________________________ > http://www.webmail.co.za the South-African free email service > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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