Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 19:48:36 -0500 From: adam@choice.net (Mark Knipfer) To: interrupt request <irq@stepahead.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD v2.1.7 Message-ID: <333f0968.105387@mail.choice.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970330183201.12590D-100000@stepahead.net> References: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970330183201.12590D-100000@stepahead.net>
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On Sun, 30 Mar 1997 18:32:04 -0500 (EST), you wrote: I removed the SCSI cards (scanner, iomega zip drive card) and the network card. The only two cards are in there are the SoundBlaster 16 card and the STB Powergraph 64V video card, and now the system just reboots. FreeBSD did install to a point, then it just kept rebooting each time that I tried to load (install) the OS. Any other ideas? I installed from a bootable FreeBSD diskette and direct to the cd-rom after booting up on a MSDOS 6.22 diskette. >Do it anyway > > >=================================================== >interrupt request <irq@stepahead.net> >The Collective >www.collective.org >"We make the things that make communications free" > >On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Mark Knipfer wrote: > >> On Sun, 30 Mar 1997 18:24:07 -0500 (EST), you wrote: >> >> It detected all of the devices, otherwise I would have uninstalled the system >> boards (scsi). XFree86 wouldn't run and it was installed. I kept getting >> errors when installing that there is no more room. I'm installing FreeBSD on a >> Western Digital 1.6gb Mode 4 hard drive connected to the system board (PCI >> EIDE) connection. The hard drive (hd) is detected to the OS. >> >> >> >> >Try removing all of your SCSI cards and your ne2000 board and see what >> >happens...could be conflicting irqs,dmas,ports >> > >> > >> >=================================================== >> >interrupt request <irq@stepahead.net> >> >The Collective >> >www.collective.org >> >"We make the things that make communications free" >> > >> >On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Mark Knipfer wrote: >> > >> >> On Sun, 30 Mar 1997 14:53:49 -0500 (EST), you wrote: >> >> >> >> Here is a break down of my system (detailed): >> >> >> >> * Intel Triton II i430VX Pentium motherboard with 256k cache >> >> * Intel Pentium 133Mhz CPU >> >> * STB Powergraph 64V PCI 2mb EDO 32-/64-bit video card >> >> * Winbound NE2000 PCI 100mbit Network card (Manufacturer: Long Shire) >> >> * Sound Blaster 16 ISA card >> >> * IOMega SCSI Zip ISA card >> >> * Scanner card for an IBM ADF Color Scanner (8-bit card) >> >> * 64mb EDO ram >> >> * IOMega Ditto 3200mb (QIC-3020 / TR3) tape drive >> >> (currently connected to the Floppy drive controller) >> >> * 1.44mb 3.5" floppy drive >> >> * Fitjutsi 12x IDE CD-ROM (which is compatible with FreeBSD) >> >> * Sony Multiscan 200sf 17" NI monitor >> >> * USR Courier X.2 56k external modem >> >> * IOMega Zip 100mb drive (SCSI) >> >> * JUSTer 300w Power Speakers with Surround sound >> >> >> >> I believe this is it, which I can seem to find anything else being connected to >> >> the system. I have tried following the install.txt instructions many times and >> >> tried all install options except for creating a diskette from a current Unix >> >> system. >> >> >> >> >> >> >Please post the specs of your computer. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >=================================================== >> >> >interrupt request <irq@stepahead.net> >> >> >The Collective >> >> >www.collective.org >> >> >"We make the things that make communications free" >> >> > >> >> >On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Mark Knipfer wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> To Whom It Concerns: >> >> >> >> >> >> I purchased FreeBSD v2.1.7 CD-ROM (2-set) a couple weeks ago and have been >> >> >> trying ever since to install it on my system. I heard from some other FreeBSD >> >> >> users that my computer may be incompatible, which I have found out was untrue >> >> >> and FreeBSD should work on my without problems. >> >> >> >> >> >> Before and ever since that I have heard that, FreeBSD v2.1.7 has not installed >> >> >> on the system. It does load to a point and receive various errors: >> >> >> >> >> >> * missing files or permission denied while loading from the cd-rom's >> >> >> >> >> >> * missing kernel routines or distributions from the cd (filename.tgz >> >> >> files) >> >> >> >> >> >> * debugging mode not permitted to run on this version. >> >> >> >> >> >> * can not create user profile (when the install.txt file tells you need >> >> >> to create a profile for yourself) >> >> >> >> >> >> * system lock ups when loading FreeBSD v2.1.7 which errors stating that >> >> >> kernel has errors or damaged operating system. >> >> >> >> >> >> and so on witht the errors. I have spent the last 1-2 weeks trying to load >> >> >> this operating system which seems not want to load on my system. >> >> >> >> >> >> I remember reading on the web page that there is a 30-day money back guarantee, >> >> >> hassle free. I would like send this cd-rom set back (FreeBSD v2.1.7) and >> >> >> receive my money back since it has taken up so much of my time, and getting no >> >> >> where. >> >> >> >> >> >> I hope that this message is not ignored like the rest of my support e-mail >> >> >> messages that I have written for assistance. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Mark Knipfer >> >> >> President of Adam Computer Services >> >> >> mailto: adam@choice.net >> >> >> >> >> >>
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