From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 4 16:06:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA16313 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 16:06:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from arl-mail-svc-1.compuserve.com (arl-mail-svc-1.compuserve.com [149.174.211.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA16308 for ; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 16:06:40 -0800 (PST) From: 72110.765@compuserve.com Received: from CISPPP (hd22-163.compuserve.com [199.174.223.163]) by arl-mail-svc-1.compuserve.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id TAA22505.; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 19:06:38 -0500 Date: Sun, 4 Feb 1996 19:06:38 -0500 Message-Id: <199602050006.TAA22505@arl-mail-svc-1.compuserve.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 2.1 install Content-type: text/plain X-Mailer: AIR Mosaic (16-bit) version 3.10.08.25 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I've tried installing the FreeBSD 2.1 CD-ROM on my PC with no success. The system consists of the following hardware: AMI Atlas PCI-II Pentium-120 w/512K Pipeline Burst Cache 32 Meg RAM (60ns) Adaptec 2940 SCSI SMC-8432 BT NIC (DEC-21041) Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM (S3-964) Plextor 6Plex PX-63CS (6x SCSI CDROM) Seagate ST15150N (4.3GB SCSI drive) With the MB/BIOS set to Optimal settings the first 5 times I tried the CD install the system would lock or reset at random times during the process. The I set the board to Fail-Safe (All cache off, etc.) and the install completed successfully. I ran motherboard and memory diags for 24 hours with 0 errors. Why would the Optimal settings cause the install.bat to crash? Can I reset to Optimal or am I stuck with Fail-Safe (slow) settings? T. Roberts