Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:38:58 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew Gould <andrewgould@yahoo.com> To: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2 install CD causes immediate reboot Message-ID: <291394.137.qm@web35315.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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> ----- Original Message ----=0A> From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washingt= on.edu>=0A> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=0A> Sent: Sunday, January 28,= 2007 12:16:08 PM=0A> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2 install CD causes immediate = reboot=0A> =0A> =0A> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----=0A> Hash: SHA1=0A> = =0A> Erik Trulsson wrote:=0A> > On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 09:34:44AM -0800, A= ndrew Gould wrote:=0A> >> I was given a Dell Dimension m200a yesterday by s= omeone =0A> >> who recently upgraded. I think it was created around 1997.= =0A> >>=0A> >> CPU: Pentium=0A> >> RAM: 48MB=0A> >>=0A> >> odd: This PC r= uns Win95; but has 2 usb ports. Didn't =0A> >> Win98 predate usb ports?=0A= > >=0A> > No, USB ports started appearing around 1996. It took a while=0A>= > before they become widespread though. The later revisions=0A> > of Win9= 5 did have support for USB, which was improved in Win98.=0A> > =0A> > =0A> = > =0A> >> When I try to boot up with the FreeBSD 6.2 installation CD, =0A> = >> the system tries to boot from the CD; but then reboots before =0A> >> an= ything messages from the CD appear on the monitor.=0A> >>=0A> >> Is there s= omething I can try, or should I just give up?=0A> >> I have a hard time thr= owing functional hardware in the trash.=0A> >> Maybe I'm struggling too muc= h with my own mortality; but =0A> >> that's a different discussion. ;-)=0A= > > =0A> > You could try booting an older version of FreeBSD (4.x probably = since 5.x is=0A> > very similar to 6.x) and see if that works. You could a= lso=0A> > fiddle with various BIOS settings. You could also try the boot f= loppies.=0A> > =0A> > If none of that works I would give up trying to insta= ll FreeBSD on that=0A> > computer.=0A=0ABooting with FreeBSD 6.2 floppies w= orked. Thanks!=0A=0AAndrew=0A=0ATry booting the CD without acpi / apm supp= ort too. apm support with dell=0Ais fruity, and acpi shouldn't have really = been supported all the way=0Awith the machine either.=0A=0AMoreover, you ca= n try making a boot floppy with the BIOS update as the=0Acurrent BIOS versi= on may not support Unix installs.=0A=0AI agree though--if you can't boot fr= eebsd, you should give up. There are=0Aversions of Linux that may run on th= e laptop though, so you can give=0Athat a shot as well..=0A=0AAlso just for= the sake of the archives, Win95 ver. b (basically SP2) did=0Ahave USB supp= ort but it really sucked; I couldn't the machine to=0Arecognize a number of= USB devices with this version of 95. However,=0AWin98 made a big differenc= e in this arena since they started properly=0Asupporting USB and so that's = probably one reason why many people upgraded.=0A=0A- -Garrett=0A-----BEGIN = PGP SIGNATURE-----=0AVersion: GnuPG v2.0.1 (FreeBSD)=0AComment: Using GnuPG= with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org=0A=0AiD8DBQFFvOhoEnKyINQw/HARAjV= xAKCW19E3zOsDLq0TvSgfa+N+W4yxZgCeJapp=0AZrmxQ0oXi5R0QoRFIRBI/fA=3D=0A=3DiUT= j=0A-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----=0A_________________________________________= ______=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.= org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mail to "= freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0A
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