Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 16:00:53 -0500 (EST) From: "Woodchuck" <djv@bedford.net> To: fallinangl@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: why won't this thing work? Message-ID: <199812062100.QAA07560@castor.chuck> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981204123128.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> from Patrick Gardella at "Dec 4, 98 12:31:28 pm"
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Patrick Gardella wrote: > > On 04-Dec-98 Aaron Nadeau wrote: > > hello, I am trying to install FreeBSD on two OLD 386 computers. Both > > of them are using Pheonix BIOS 1.10. I got them for free from my > > school because I can't sepn money on a new unix box. If you could > > help me get these things running I would really appricate it. > > > > The problem I am running into is this: > > > > I boot from the floppy and it all goes well, but before the kernel > > options menu comes up it reboots it self and goes through it all > > agian. Please help. > > This may sound silly, but make sure that the floppy is set up correctly in > BIOS. Just this morning, I had an old 486 reboot constantly at that point as > well becuase the person who gave me the computer had the 3.5 floppy set up as a > 5.25 1.2 Meg floppy. Once I realized that, it worked just fine... > If Pat's suggestion doesn't cure it, then check these things: a) At least 5MB of memory is installed and is accessible. 8MB is better. b) Turn OFF any kind of "funny business" in the BIOS setup. By "funny business" I mean any kind of "ROM shadowing" and/or "expanded memory" options. c) If you have bus speed or memory speed options set them conservatively. d) Make things "vanilla"; try enabling options later. Be persistant. I've installed FBSD (2.2.6) on some very lame 386SX machines with success. Don't hestitate to come back if it still doesn't work. Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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