From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 04:16:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F53316A4CE for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 04:16:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from rdsnet.ro (smtp.rdsnet.ro [62.231.74.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7634A43D41 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 04:16:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from itetcu@apropo.ro) Received: (qmail 4233 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2004 12:12:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro) (81.196.25.19) by mail.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 5 Mar 2004 12:12:12 -0000 Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (localhost.buh.cameradicommercio.ro [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with SMTP id E492B1C8; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 14:14:12 +0200 (EET) Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 14:14:12 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: marco Message-Id: <20040305141412.02751d85@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <40485670.5090006@virgilio.it> References: <40485670.5090006@virgilio.it> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.9claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questios@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem installation freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 12:16:28 -0000 [ please follow up to question@, droping freebsd-hardware@ from the cc ] On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 11:29:04 +0100 marco 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