From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 17 0: 9:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.edata.co.za (mail.edata.co.za [196.35.169.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D906137B4E5 for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2000 00:09:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from THORNROSE ([196.37.187.142]) by mail.edata.co.za (8.9.3/8.8.7) with SMTP id CAA13115 for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2000 02:37:12 +0200 Reply-To: From: "Eugene van Zyl" To: Subject: Custom Kernel Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 09:09:41 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, Would it be possible for me to create a custom boot kernel for a PC on = to stiffies and then use that to boot and install FreeBSD from the CD? If yes, any pointers? Reason I'm asking is because all the version 4 FreeBSD distro's refuse = to give me the kernel config menu on boot from the install CD or = stiffies (just beeps twice) and then asks me to enter to boot the = default kernel which either hangs the PC or just disabled the keyboard - = meaning I can't install FreeBSD. It's an AMD Athlon 600MHz with a GigaByte 7IXE MotherBoard(with latest = BIOS update). Any help would be greatly appreciated. I 'really' want to get FreeBSD on = this box as it's much better @ firewalling than Linux! Thanks, Eugene van Zyl eugene@streetcar.com Streetcar Web Commerce (Pty) Ltd Tel : +27 11 880 0433 Fax : +27 11 880 0590 Cell: +27 83 628 8282 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message