Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 14:30:46 -0700 From: Eric Kozowski <eric@routergeeks.net> To: User & Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install problem Message-ID: <20010712143046.C6122@schooner.routergeeks.net> In-Reply-To: <20010712172529.E39967@localhost>; from ipthomas_77@yahoo.com on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 05:25:29PM -0400 References: <20010711125918.A26313@schooner.routergeeks.net> <20010711225958.C29759@schooner.routergeeks.net> <t7frktgdllog3rosto61bq9h8nuh8tcvod@4ax.com> <20010712104639.D3846@schooner.routergeeks.net> <20010712172529.E39967@localhost>
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On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 05:25:29PM -0400, User & Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > Was your 3.x install dangerously dedicated? This is the last recourse sometimes. yes, it was. is there a way to make this work under 4.3? > > Ian > > As it was put forth by Eric Kozowski on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:46:39AM -0700... > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 04:21:33PM +0100, John Murphy wrote: > > > Eric Kozowski <eric@routergeeks.net> wrote: > > > > > > >On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 12:59:19PM -0700, Eric Kozowski wrote: > > > >> > > > >> i'm having problems doing my second freebsd install of the week. > > > >> > > > >> i got 4.3 installed without any problems (i just did a minimal > > > >> install, set the root password, etc.) > > > >> > > > >> now, when i rebooted after the install, the system gets to the > > > >> boot manager (F1 for FreeBSD) and locks up there. any key > > > >> pressed generates a beep. > > > >> > > > >> this system had freebsd 3 on it and worked just fine. i stripped > > > >> the system down to just a video card, pci fast ether and pci scsi > > > >> card. i've disable most onboard stuff in the bios, except the > > > >> floppy and one serial port. > > > >> > > > >> i don't appear to have an irq conflict (though i could be wrong). > > > >> > > > >> anyone have any ideas? > > > > > > > >anyone? > > > > > > > >i tried reloading again with no luck. tried all kinds of different > > > >bios settings, too. > > > > > > > >it still hangs at the boot manager. > > > > > > Did you remember to set the slice with the boot partition bootable? > > > > yep, did that. still no go. > > > > as soon as the bootloader comes up the system beeps once and pretty > > much locks up. any key press generates a beep. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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