From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 30 16:59:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA28648 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 30 Mar 1997 16:59:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from stepahead.net (stepahead.net [205.161.119.233]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA28634 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 1997 16:59:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (irq@localhost) by stepahead.net (8.8.5/8.8.4) with SMTP id TAA14775; Sun, 30 Mar 1997 19:59:32 -0500 Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 19:59:30 -0500 (EST) From: interrupt request To: Mark Knipfer cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD v2.1.7 In-Reply-To: <333f0968.105387@mail.choice.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Um...Why install with your soundcard? Do you understand the basic fundamentals of troubleshooting? Remove everything until it works. =================================================== interrupt request 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 18:32:04 -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 > >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 > >> >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 > >> >> >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 > >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >