Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:16:44 -0800 (PST) From: Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com> To: Paul K A Kell <paul@qx.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Problem - Hardware Detection Message-ID: <20011101221644.9645.qmail@web21109.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <LOEHLOHOGOMMPIGANGLNAEPMCDAA.paul@qx.net>
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hi paul, i think the best way to do this.... i think is to install the FreeBSD 4.3 STABLE version and then do and upgrade with the boot floppies... which should... i hope just work fine.... and you won't have any problems with that 99% because all the old networking communications devices are supported in FreeBSD 4.3... thanks... regs.. hiten pandya --- Paul K A Kell <paul@qx.net> wrote: > don't know if this helps but many of the optiplex > series are very particular > about drivers and hardware configurations... don't > know, but have you > checked the compatability list to see if it's been > tested on your model? > one other thing, have you changed any jumpers or > data bus cables for the > drive? the optiplex models i've seen were all > jumpered to cable select with > the appropriate cable... just my 2 cents... good > luck! > > pkak > Kevin Anderson wrote on 10/28/01 5:05 am: > > Hi, I hope that this will be enough information: > > Background: > > I purchased a book called "FreeBSD Unleased" > yesterday and used the CD that > came with it to begin installing FreeBSD 4.4. > > Steps Taken: > > I chose to install FreeBSD 4.4 using by creating the > 2 boot floppies on a > seperate Windows98 box from the CD that came with > the book. I used the > boot.flp for the first disk and mfsroot.flp for the > second floppy. > > Next, I booted my Dell OptiPlex GMT 5166 (a P2 > 166MHz with 96MB RAM) from > the floppies I created and put the FreeBSD 4.4 CD in > the CD ROM. The Dell > computer has 2 IDE hard drives on the same IDE > channel and the CD ROM is the > only device on the second IDE channel. This Dell > already has RedHat Linux > 6.0 installed on it, but I would rather start the > whole system over with > FreeBSD 4.4. > > After getting through both boot floppies > decompressing, I selected the > visual option to make some changes to the kernel > configuration. I disabled > all of the conflicting devices (all of which were > under networking) and > disabled the SCSI device drivers under Storage (I > have no SCSI devices.) > > Problem: > > Finally, when I am satisfied with the modifications, > I move on to the next > step in the installation, which is the hardware > detection. The process > always hangs right after the line that displays > "plip0: <PLIP network > interface> on ppbus0" which is followed by a > carriage return, a line feed, > then a grey-solid-block character. > > I read and reread the Installation Guide from > FreeBSD.org and noticed that > the next line I should expect to see in the hardware > detection would be one > related to the first hard drive on the first ide > channel. > > Both hard drives are 1.2GB Western Digital Caviar. > I have never had a > problem with them and RH Linux 6.0 boots up just > fine. > > Pleading: > > I am confused and don't know which step to take next > to install FreeBSD 4.4. > Please help! > > Thank you kindly for reading all of that. > > Best Regards, > > Kevin Anderson > Newbie > > -- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe > freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of > the message ===== thanks, regards, Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com> http://www.geocities.com/hitmaster2k __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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