Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2000 08:01:01 -0700 From: Darren Wiebe <dkwiebe@hagenhomes.com> To: Monica Natrajan <natrajanmonica@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First time installation of freeBSD Message-ID: <386E16AD.7BCA6418@hagenhomes.com> References: <19991230231503.11315.qmail@hotmail.com>
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I would try going ahead without removing any drivers... If that does not work then you will have to go and remove drivers. I would start by removing any driver that has SCSI in it. Darren Wiebe dkwiebe@hagenhomes.com Monica Natrajan wrote: > > Hi > I am trying to install FreeBSD in celeron machine(part of specs detailed > below) > The freeBSD handbook mentions a few hardware items which freeBSD is supposed > to be compliant with > However, there are obviously a lot of other points that are not mentioned > Can anyone please patiently explain > a) if this is the only list on the free BSD site > b) and do I need to worry about the extra items that win98 control panel > claims that are in the machine > c) when I try to install from a CD - the first screen shows a number of > conflicts in device drivers and asks me to disable some of them - on what > basis I am supposed to disable the drivers and what happens if I incorrectly > disable some of them > > also if someone can describe first hand novice experience in installing > freeBSD - then it will be really helpful - (this is getting a bigger project > than it was supposed to be ) > > Specs: > CDROM : LG CD ROM CRD 8322B > > Disk drives > Generic IDE DISKType 01 > Generic NEC Floppy Disk > > Display Adapters > Intel(R) Chipset Graphics Driver PV 1.0 > > Floppy disk controller > Standard Floppy disk controller > > Hard disk controller > Primary IDE controller(single fifo) > Standard Dual PCI IDE IDE Controller > Standard IDE/ESDI Hard disk controller > > HCF MODEM > Rockwell PCI Modem Enumerator > > Monitor > unnknown > > Network adapaters > dial up > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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