From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 23 01:01:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA16476 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 01:01:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA16471 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 01:01:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id TAA06793; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:31:19 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id TAA12760; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:31:19 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981223193119.G12346@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:31:19 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: yliao@pacbell.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about installing FreeBSD 2.2.6 References: <368090D8.BC3E02FD@postoffice.pacbell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <368090D8.BC3E02FD@postoffice.pacbell.net>; from yliao@pacbell.net on Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 10:42:32PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tuesday, 22 December 1998 at 22:42:32 -0800, yliao@pacbell.net wrote: > Dear Sir: > > I have a Dell Dimension XPS P100. It contains following components: > Logitec System Mouse, 4X CD-ROM (IDE), US Robotics V.34 Sportster > Data/Fax Modem (28.8), Creative Labs AWE32 Wavetable Soundcard, #9 Tri > Graphics Accelerator PCI (2MB DRAM), 1 GB EIDE hard drive, 6.4 GB EIDE > hard drive. > > When I tried to install FreeBSD 2.2.6 to my computer, I failed. The > procedure I used is: > a. Boot from CD-ROM. > b. In the Kernel Configuration Menu, select Start kernel configuration > in Visual Mode. > c. Delete those devices my computer does not have ( but I do not know > how I can add the information about Soundcard). > d. Save changes and continue. You don't really need to do this under normal circumstances. You can shoot yourself in the foot by removing things you don't know you need. > After probing floppy, serial ports and hard drive etc. successfully, the > system was locked up. Only the message "Probing devices, please wait ... > " was displayed on the screen with blue background and never exited from > such a state. > > Could somebody show me what is wrong with my installation and what I > should do to solve installation problem. Thank you very much for your > help. I'd guess that you have a hole in your foot. Try again without modifying the configuration. If it still hangs up at this point, press Alt-F2, which should display the ``behind the scenes'' information. The last few lines should be interesting. At this point, you could also try removing your modem and sound board and see if it continues like that (don't worry, you'll be able to replace them, but it helps us to figure out what's going on). > P.S.: following is the detailed information about my computer: > >>>> Logging System Resources > > Function: Serial Port > not disabled, not locked, no config error > I/O port: (3F8h-3FFh) > Interrupt: 4(sh) > > Function: Serial Port > not disabled, not locked, no config error > I/O port: (3E8h-3EFh) > Interrupt: 4(sh) You'll have to find a different interrupt for your second serial port. You can't share interrupts on serial ports. > === Current Configuration of unknown ISA card (ID: DEL0183) === > # of functions = 3 > slot # = 1 > > Function #1 > not disabled, not locked, no config error > I/O port: (220h-233h) (300h-301h) (388h-38Bh) > DMA: 1 5 > Interrupt: 5 > > Function #2 > not disabled, not locked, no config error > I/O port: (200h-207h) > > Function #3 > not disabled, not locked, no config error Is this the sound board? > === Current Configuration of ISA card USR 14,400 BPS DATA/FAX PC > Internal Modem === > # of functions = 1 > slot # = 2 > > Function #1 > not disabled, not locked, no config error > I/O port: (2F8h-2FFh) > Interrupt: 3 This is the modem. That's OK. > === Current Configuration of unknown ISA card (ID: A0) === > # of functions = 0 > slot # = 16 > > === Current Configuration of unknown ISA card (ID: PNPFFFF) === > # of functions = 1 > slot # = 15 > > Function #1 > not disabled, not locked, no config error > DMA: 3 7 > Interrupt: 10 I don't know what these are, but I'd guess they're on the mother board (you don't really have 16 ISA slots, do you?). Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message