Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 15:37:22 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Justin Clift <vapour@digitaldistribution.com>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, kpielorz@tdx.co.uk, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *very* important addition to the installation instructions Message-ID: <19981009153722.39381@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <003c01bdf366$880b5620$0100a8c0@knight>; from Justin Clift on Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 07:23:50PM %2B1000 References: <003c01bdf366$880b5620$0100a8c0@knight>
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On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 07:23:50PM +1000, Justin Clift wrote: > 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." This problem has been resolved by at least allowing the console driver to conflict; I don't remember if we also marked it non-removable. Better tech instead of better docs for this case - people don't always read docs, so if it can be resolved technically, so much the better :-) Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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