Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 05:59:44 PST From: "Richard Eng" <richard_eng@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD Install Message-ID: <19981206135946.10843.qmail@hotmail.com>
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I recently bought FreeBSD 2.2.6 from the local bookstore (no refund, no exchange). I wanted to install FreeBSD on my 486/33. However, when it gets to the "Welcome to FreeBSD!" screen -- after it has finished probing the hardware -- the system locks up and it won't accept any keyboard input. The FreeBSD install is dead in the water. I tried to reconfigure the kernel by eliminating all non-essential device drivers and double checking the parameters on the remaining devices. Still, no luck. My hardware consists of: o 486/33 with 16MB of memory and 128K of cache - ISA-only motherboard, vintage: circa 1992 o Quantum 170MB IDE hard disk o Adaptec 1542CF SCSI adapter o Quantum 1GB SCSI hard disk (PD-1050) o Toshiba 2X cdrom (XM-3401) o ATI mach32 ISA adapter o 2 serial, 1 parallel That's everything. I suspect the problem is with the SCSI subsystem. I made sure the port address, IRQ, and DMA channel on the 1542 adapter were correct. I configured the kernel with only the devices I need: aha-1542, floppy controller, IDE controller, system console. (There's a bunch of PCI devices that I can't seem to remove from the kernel, but I don't have PCI, so it shouldn't matter.) As a comparison, I borrowed RedHat Linux 5.0 from a friend -- it installs just fine. I, then, tried Windows NT 4.0 -- it also installs just fine. For some reason, FreeBSD chokes while probing this hardware. Please help me. I hate to think I spent good money on a 4-CD set of "coasters." Thanks, Richard ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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