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Date:      Thu, 13 Nov 1997 09:28:55 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        vova@dod.niss.gov.ua
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Brandname compability
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971113092559.1991B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <346B19FA.8244BCEC@demon.dod.niss.gov.ua>

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On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, administrator wrote:

> Good day(morning, afternoon, evening)!
> Ladies&gentelmen I've some questions about using FreeBSD 2.2.2 under
> COMPAQ XL466 Series Workstation. The 2.2.2-RELEASE don't install on this
> system. The simtomatic picture is follows:
>  - when it boot, all devices and SCSI controllers were viewed;

Did it identify your SCSI controller and disks OK?

>  - when it came to hte point from which begining to select installation
> media, system halted and don't says anything;
>  - debug report at virtual console says that IOCTL was done
> saccsesfully.

That's it?  

> I think that my hardware don't support by this release of FreeBSD. Am I
> right?

I'm not sure.  Try installing 2.2.5-RELEASE and see if that helps.  if
not, then check the boot output by hitting scroll lock at the main menu
and using the arrow keys to scroll up. 

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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