Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 09:10:32 +0200 From: Per Hannlov <per.hannlov@tullverket.se> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Problems with FreeBSD Installation Message-ID: <9607030910.ZM6175@lua20>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hello ! I'm Per Hannlov, Lulea, Sweden. I've got problems with FreeBSD installation. Wrong there is no problems with the installation, but after. I have a "Taiwan PC", 8 MB RAM, Conner 1275 Mb, Promise EIDE controller, SB 16 Soundblaster with Mitsuma 2X Cd-Rom and Cardex Cobra Grafik card. I have also a network card installed, which is software setup with irq 10 and address 340. Here is a briefing: I started to boot on the floppy installation disk -->> No problem. Then from the menu, I choosed the Novice install. And the installation software created the Unix partition. Then started the copy from CD to harddisk ---->> No problem. I was prompted some qestions and I answered them. BUT when I boot the PC, bootmanger prompts me to choose F1,F... If I choose to boot FreBSD and press enter for default values, The PC "dives". The only thing I can se is the pipe (|) sign. I have tried a lots of different ways of installing FreeBSD. 1. I let the DOS 850 Mb partition come first and then the FreeBSD partition. 2. Then I let the Unix partion come first and the DOS second. 3. Then I let the first (1 MB) of the disk be a DOS partition and installed a dev (201 MB) directly after that DOS partition. 4. I have of course tried to install only a FreeBSD partition without a DOS partiotion. 5. Mostly I've used the develope installation (201 Mb) alternative but other choises where also tested -->> the smallest 52 MB with only default values 6. In the boot sequense I've tried the -c and the wd(0,a)/kernel -c flag. But all I can see is that pipesign. If the floppy boot or the installation failed. I could live with that and throw the FreeBSD away. But when I am as close as now, there should be an answer that solves my problem. I am very gratefull (wrong spelling ?) and I look forward to an answer of what have showed to be a life task. E-Mail: per.hannlov@tullverket.se -- Per Hannlöv
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?9607030910.ZM6175>