From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 8 10:32:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta01-svc.server.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0352337BA8D for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 10:32:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.85.224]) by mta01-svc.server.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000608173159.FXEC381.mta01-svc.server.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 18:31:59 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA01071; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 18:31:56 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 18:31:55 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Stephen Beitzel Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Difficulty installing FreeBSD 4.0 on K7 system Message-ID: <20000608183155.B233@parish> References: <200006080559.WAA12876@foobie.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200006080559.WAA12876@foobie.net>; from sbeitzel@foobie.net on Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 10:59:18PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 10:59:18PM -0700, Stephen Beitzel 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. There is a problem with keyboard probing on some Athlon m/bs. Try hitting any key, except RETURN, at the "twirling baton" and type ``boot -h''. If this solves it you can, IIRC, add it to /boot/loader.conf. HTH > 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 -- ...and on the eighth day God created UNIX ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message