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Date:      Thu, 25 Apr 1996 18:42:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Elvis Leegwater <E.Leegwater@Telemedia.nl>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installation problems with Mach64
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960425184129.24773F-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <96Apr25.120125gmt%2B0100.12764@tmn-gate.telemedia.nl>

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On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, Elvis Leegwater wrote:

> I tried to install the latest stable version of FreeBSD on my Pentium 120 
> with a ATI Mach64 video card.
> 
> But when I run VIEW from the CD or start from a floppy my screen is going 
> wild. The kernel is loaded but when , i think, FreeBSD tries to acccess 
> my video-card all things crash.

When you get the Boot: prompt, disable all of the sio ports.  You should 
be able to install ok then.  Make sure you install the src/sys distribution.

After you get installed, you will want to rebuild the kernel to remove 
the sio3/COM4 probe.  Instructions are in the FAQ.  

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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