Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 09:44:02 -0500 From: "Michel Sneyd" <ms_dbl_click@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Help with Installation Message-ID: <005801be7c4e$1bc8f280$668ed68d@subnet138.mcit.med.umich.edu>
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Hi, I attempted to install FreeBSD last night for the first time, obviously I did not have much success. I have an old Compaq P590 server( From the first Pentium Server models offered by Compaq) with built in NCR 53C810 PCI SCSI controller. The HD is SCSI port 0 & the CD is SCSI as well. The system is currently loaded with NT Server & formatted with NTFS. I went into the Compaq setup and changed the boot option to Unix. I have the latest CD form Walnut Creek, which I used to create the boot floppies. After booting from the Kernel.flp and skipping over the manual config I was asked to load the second floppy. It looked as though it had assembled a new OS and it went through the reboot process. After checking the hardware the system prompts me Error found in setup F1 to Continue or F10 to enter setup, or something along those lines. If I hit F1 the system attempts to boot off the floppy it just finished updating, and it just seems to hang. If I reboot without floppy the system will come up fine under NT, which is odd because I thought that if I changed the boot argument in the hardware setup I would get an error at this point. What should I try next? - Is there another setting that needs changed in the system config? - Should I re-format Hard Drive or drop the primary partition? - Is it something to do with the Compaq or just an inexperienced pilot error? Note is my first attempt with Unix or one of its subsets. I am so ignorant I am not sure what questions to ask or where to start looking. Thank you in advance, Michel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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