Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 10:29:52 +0100 (BST) From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: Justin Clift <vapour@digitaldistribution.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *very* important addition to the installation instructions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810091028280.277-100000@caladan.tdx.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <003c01bdf366$880b5620$0100a8c0@knight>
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(sorry about the poor formatting this is written in pine, on a vt52 wannabe windows program... Hope it looks better out there than it does here ;-) On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Justin Clift wrote: > Hiyas, > > I think this problem is common enough to warrant inserting this additional > one-sentence entry into the installation instructions... > > "If you have to boot with '-c' on a first time install, DO NOT remove the > Syscon Console Driver even if it displays as a conflict. This will leave > you with a blank screen and no installation." To be honest, I'm pretty sure it's covered in the FAQ's / documentation - or somewhere... > I hope you guys do actually insert this statement into the installation > docs. The fact I can't remember where, probably means it might be in a bad place, and yes - it's probably a good idea to make it more prominent... I wonder if theres enough room for something like "Sycons (DO NOT REMOVE NORMALLY)" or something ;_) Regards, Karl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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