Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 12:15:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Jamil Weatherbee <support@cdrom.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Problem with FreeBSD (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960628121522.9766H-100000@mother.cdrom.com>
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Technical Support Walnut Creek CDROM ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 01:04:46 +0200 From: John Basila <john_b@netvision.net.il> To: info@cdrom.com Subject: Problem with FreeBSD Resent-Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 05:02:37 -0700 Resent-From: Order Information <info@cdrom.com> Resent-To: support@cdrom.com Dear Reader... I bought FreeBSD from your site (www.cdrom.com) & I tryed to install it after I hade linux for about 1 year I wanted to see FreeBSD any way... The problem is : when the kernel (at boot time!) starts to look for hardware the screen gose blank!! simply BLANK!. & that's it I can't do anything, I tryed to go deep & see what is the problem, ok, I hade an old ISA Trident SVGA, I installed it & every thing went gr8!. hmm .. I tryed almost everything (Even removing ALL the cards EXCEPT the Graphic card & again nothing, the card is (very strangly) ATI Graphics Xpression 2DRAM, I even tryed it with my friends computer that hade an ATI 2VRAM nothing .. .it worked gr8! any way, I relly want to run the FreeBSD, couse I'm sick of linux, it's ok but it's full of securety holes & bugs!, but it's not bad AT ALL!, any way please help me out!. if you wold like me to send you any other info about my hardware please tell me. 10x :) john Basila john_b@netvision.net.il
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