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On Thu, 3 Apr 1997, Quanah Mount wrote:

> I'm trying to install the latest version of FreeBSD, but every time I go
> to install it, it gets as far as uncompressing the kernel, and hangs..
> my screen goes blank, and then nothing...

Try booting by putting the -c flag on the Boot: prompt and disabling both
of the serial ports.

What kind of video card is in this machine?

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