From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 21 9:40:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from palrel10.hp.com (palrel10.hp.com [192.151.10.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 324BE37B403 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:40:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tcoon@cup.hp.com) Received: from xsvr9.cup.hp.com (xsvr9.cup.hp.com [15.13.188.148]) by palrel10.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 444D31F7A9 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:40:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cup.hp.com (tc740951.cup.hp.com [15.13.105.53]) by xsvr9.cup.hp.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_17190)/8.8.6) with ESMTP id JAA15262 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:40:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3B32235F.ACB6ACA6@cup.hp.com> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:39:59 -0700 From: Tony Coon Reply-To: tcoon@cup.hp.com Organization: Hewlett-Packard X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Install question Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I tried to install from a BSDi FreeBSD disc dated August 2000, and all appeared to be going as expected, however when the system rebooted after the install it goes through the firmware POST, etc, then just a blank screen with a blinking cursor. If the disc is disconnected, it delivers a "insert floppy" or some such message, so it looks like the firmware is finding the boot loader. The machine is an unremarkable 200Mhz Pentium with IDE drive. The video is a bog standard Matrox Millineum VGA. I've tried this install a couple of times with the same result. There seems to be nothing in the instructions or FAQ that describes this. Any ideas where I can start looking aor where I may have gone wrong during the install? cheers, tony -- Tony Coon (408) 447-4095 Hewlett-Packard tcoon@cup.hp.com 19420 Homestead Rd M/S 43LK Cupertino, California 95014-0683 "No amount of careful planning will ever replace dumb luck" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message