Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 5 Mar 2004 14:14:12 +0200
From:      Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro>
To:        marco <grappachecca@virgilio.it>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: problem installation freebsd
Message-ID:  <20040305141412.02751d85@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro>
In-Reply-To: <40485670.5090006@virgilio.it>
References:  <40485670.5090006@virgilio.it>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
[ please follow up to question@, droping freebsd-hardware@ from the cc ]

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 11:29:04 +0100
marco <grappachecca@virgilio.it> wrote:

> hi to all
> i'm marco from italy
> i'm trying to install freebsd (4.9, 5.1, 5.2.1) on old pc of my sister
> it is a acer 6680 with a mainboard of aopen model S58M
> i'm searched on lists, google and i talked on irc with italian group of 
> freebsd but i don't found a solution
> with 4.9 installation started but random stop during various step of 
> installation and give me an error like
> sync disk or similar

Suspect bad hardware.

That's not the error. That's the system trying to shutdown consistently.
Use Alt+F4 and look for the actual error when it happens.

> with 5.1 and 5.2.1 installation don't start
> please, someone have tips to give me

As much as we would like, we cannot use our magical powers to see what
happens on you screen :). Please try to provide details: detailed
hardware specs or link to producer site, actual error, what does
"installation don't start" mean, etc.



-- 
IOnut
Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20040305141412.02751d85>