From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 8 1: 8:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B919C37BB30 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 01:08:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e5888Vw02842; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 01:08:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 01:08:31 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Stephen Beitzel Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Difficulty installing FreeBSD 4.0 on K7 system Message-ID: <20000608010831.C18462@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <200006080559.WAA12876@foobie.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <200006080559.WAA12876@foobie.net>; from sbeitzel@foobie.net on Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 10:59:18PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Stephen Beitzel [000607 23:00] wrote: > 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? Do you have an AT keyboard plugged in? -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message