From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 11 19:13:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA23466 for current-outgoing; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 19:13:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com (forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com [209.83.128.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA23461 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 19:13:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from doogie@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com) Received: from localhost (doogie@localhost) by forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA16262; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 21:07:32 GMT Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 21:07:29 +0000 (GMT) From: Jason Young To: Eli cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hardware problems.. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Eli wrote: > A friend of mine is having problems installing freebsd.. the last distro > he successfully installed was 2.1.5.. but now when he tries to install, it > hangs just before sysinstall... he's tried a few different snap distros, > and 2.2.5, etc.. they all hang just before sysinstall.. this is a rough > idea of his hardware config... > > AMD 486DX4100 > generic 1 mb pci vid card (Trident) > some amd chipset mb I think, (not sure on cipset) PCI > 16 megs of ram > reveal 4x cdrom > ide (maxtor on 1st controller, cd on 2nd) When you boot up, go into the Verbose kernel config mode and knock out absolutely everything you don't need. Then make sure the stuff you -do- need is configured right. Probably half the systems I've installed on couldn't boot with all the junk in there (mostly systems with el cheapo network cards). Jason Young ANET Chief Network Engineer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQB1AwUBNGjJE6InE6ybC66VAQFaKAL9HYeF+p0j/M8BcsswobPyZIyRaUbF4RV6 vfF04IAbuuMngbATrKXXXbe2QgwBnKlqgDMQfLNgJ7sHXZIRzUmmUX4XIECr4AUt 1kjLxanug4qXfSuotfyn7j8VMDm0NNUm =6o+d -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----