Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:25:49 +0100 From: "Dan Cuthbert" <daniel.cuthbert@uk.psi.com> To: "Freebsd-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, <degraz@sbohm.yi.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD Installation Problems Message-ID: <FMEDIJKKKMABBAOLJMLKOEIACGAA.daniel.cuthbert@uk.psi.com> In-Reply-To: <MDAEMON10001200010111104.AA0435074@sbohm.yi.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi firstly can your bios handle booting from the cd? if it can make sure its enabled! as for your hardware if you could give me more details, we can go from there! on a lighter note....who told you that you get blasted for being a newbie and asking questions? Dan Cuthbert European Hosting Research & Engineering PSINet Datacentres mobile : +44 77 1279 0646 - -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of degraz@sbohm.yi.org Sent: 11 October 2000 16:05 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD Installation Problems I am a complete newbie at FreeBSD, trying to install on an IBM Aptiva, with a P166 w/MMX and 48MB of RAM. I have downloaded the FreeBSD ISO, and burned it to a CD, and have made the two boot disks for installation. The CD did not boot itself, so I fir t booted with the Kernel disk, which then asked for the msf root disk. From here, I choose Visual Setup, and setup my hardware options. When I continued setup, it gave me the dialog, "Probing Devices, this may take a moment," or something similar. At this point, the installation seems to lock. I have let it go for about 20 minutes and it does nothing. Is this a hardware issue, that FreeBSD will not support my hardware, or am I doing something wrong? I hope I don't get nailed to much on this for being a newbie, as I've heard this is common in with freebsd :) If you need anymore specifications on my hardware, just let me know.. Thank you, Travis Troyer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>; iQA/AwUBOeR4bQ35kLKMi26SEQJGmgCdEH9RFU6srNCMiB2+HNpR/Zv4F+4AnRkI 6pfmXrV1B+nFgIbwgDo/nFt9 =M2Cz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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