Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 22:59:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Stephen Beitzel <sbeitzel@foobie.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Difficulty installing FreeBSD 4.0 on K7 system Message-ID: <200006080559.WAA12876@foobie.net>
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Hi, I'm trying to build a couple of machines, one to be a gateway and one to be a webserver. I'd really like to be using FreeBSD on them, since I'm more comfortable with it than I am with Linux. However, I'm having trouble with the installation. When I try to boot from either the installation CD or from an installation boot floppy, the computer just hangs after displaying the message that the BTX Boot Loader is starting up. I was able to install RedHat 6.2 just fine on these guys, so I figure I've put the pieces together alright. Is there some kind of problem with the motherboard, maybe, or does FreeBSD not recognize UDMA hard drives? Here are the hardware specifications: Microstar K7 Pro (MS-6195) motherboard Athlon K7 Diamond Speedstar A200 AGP video card (8MB) WD Caviar 10 GB UDMA hard drive 256 MB RAM Netgear PCI NIC (FA310TX) Mitsumi 1.44 FDD Panasonic 40x IDE CD-ROM Thanks for any help you can offer. Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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