Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:30:43 +0200 From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> To: Sie Raybould <sie@systemfile.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wont even boot from the floppy on my laptop Message-ID: <19980415143043.46043@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <000101bd6864$adbffa20$0580dec2@sie>; from Sie Raybould on Wed, Apr 15, 1998 at 12:49:45PM %2B0100 References: <000101bd6864$adbffa20$0580dec2@sie>
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Redirected to -questions: You oughta use at least the latest release. Also check: http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/PAO/ On Wed, Apr 15, 1998 at 12:49:45PM +0100, Sie Raybould wrote: > I ran FreeBSD for a while on my old TI4000M without problems a while back > and now have need for UNIX on my new laptop. > > I have tried the 2.2.2-RELEASE boot floppy and it gets as far as: > > -- > Booting the kernel > BIOS basemem (639K) != RTC basemem (640K), setting to BIOS value > Copyright (c) 1992-1997 FreeBSD Inc > Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights > reserved. > > FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Tue May 20 11:16:09 GMT 1997 > jkh@cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/BOOTMFS > -- > > Then the system hangs and cannot be reset, except by switching the power > off. > > I also tried booting with -c, no different. > > Then I tried downloading 2.2.6-RELEASE boot floppy and it was also no > different. > > The machine is an AJP badged laptop actually made by the Kapoc Computer > Company in Taiwan. These machines are sold in hundreds of countries under > differnent names. Here in the UK, I have seen them badged as AJP and MBC. In > Switzerland, I have seen them as "Microspot". > > The spec is: > > 233MMX Intel Pentium > 64Mb RAM > Chips and Technologies 65555 graphics with 4Mb > 15.1" XGA (1024x768) TFT LCD panel > ESS1879 3D sound system > Standard 1.44 3.5" floppy > 20x TEAC CDROM > 1 Parallel port > 1 Serial port > 2 USB ports > Fast IR > 2 PCMCIA slots (I have 3C589 ethernet and Adaptec 1640 SlimSCSI in them) > > > Is there any way I can switch tracing on or something to see how far things > are getting, or to see what is casing the boot to hang ? > > Thanks in advance, > > Sie > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message -- --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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