From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 7 12:39:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (pinsoft.internet.co.nz [202.37.141.181]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7215014D77 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 1999 12:38:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz [202.37.163.2]) by kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA03582; Mon, 8 Mar 1999 09:36:50 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 09:36:50 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen To: Dennis Woo Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation problem In-Reply-To: <01be68ab$e33a55e0$1de5a1d1@ns.idirect.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Dennis Woo wrote: [please line-wrap to 70 chars next-time] > Dear Sir: > > I am currently trying to install your April '98 version of FreeBSD, > but I am experiencing some difficulties. I tried loading up the O/S > into the Kernel (option 1), but once after it autodetects the devices, > a blue screen appears which says "Please wait"........ and the > computer freezes. I also tried the boot disk option, but still, I > get a blue screen and the computer freezes. April'98? What's that 2.2.5? The current release is 3.1-Release, you may want to use a more recent version. Having said that, have you resolved all the conflicts on startup using the visual configuration screen? In most cases, this *MUST* be done. Do *NOT* remove the sc0 device, since that's your screen console. Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Don't forget the most important rule to live by.. Never believe anything you read on the USENET" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message