Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 19:46:31 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Andrew Von Dollen <warn@mail.geocities.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with Install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971118194550.2219E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19971118171753.006ab3c4@mail.geocities.com>
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On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Andrew Von Dollen wrote: > Hello, In trying to install freebsd, I have run into a problem which I hope > is easily worked around. > > I downloaded the files needed to make a boot floppy, made a boot floppy, > then downloaded the whole bin directory from ftp.freebsd.org. I then tried > to boot from the floppy by restarting. Everything seemed to be going well, > I got to the Kernel setup screen and edited all of the hardware settings > according to my system setup. I quit that, then it went on to the > 'detecting' screen. It went through most of the devices, but then, after > saying "wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa" a blank screen with only a > cursor in the bottom left came up. It seemed to freeze up at this point, I > have tried leaving it for quite some time and it still does nothing. Something on your second IDE controller isn't happy. Try disabling wdc1 in the boot-time configuration, and check cabling and master/slave jumpers. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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