Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 19:23:50 +1000 From: "Justin Clift" <vapour@digitaldistribution.com> To: <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG>, <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: *very* important addition to the installation instructions Message-ID: <003c01bdf366$880b5620$0100a8c0@knight>
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Hiyas, I've had a significant amount of trouble installing FreeBSD onto an old 486 system I'm had hanging around for ages. Finally though, I solved the problem, and found out what caused it. I think this problem is common enough to warrant inserting this additional one-sentence entry into the installation instructions... "If you have to boot with '-c' on a first time install, DO NOT remove the Syscon Console Driver even if it displays as a conflict. This will leave you with a blank screen and no installation." I think that sums it up, when doing a first time install with hardware set to IRQ's etc which are different than expected, the installation instructions advise to do a boot -c. This then says to get rid of all the 'conflicts' and press Q after that. I did. No display... system hang. :-( It's only NON-OBVIOUS because the format of the Visual configuration editor makes everything look like it's a piece of hardware.... the Syscon Console Driver does and doesn't fall under this category, and when it's listed next to the mouse options looks like a weird abstract bit of hardware I don't have installed. I hope you guys do actually insert this statement into the installation docs. :-) Regards and best wishes, + Justin Clift Digital Distribution www.digitaldistribution.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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