From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 9 21:35:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B018B16A422 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 21:35:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gs_stoller@juno.com) Received: from outbound-mail.nyc.untd.com (outbound-mail.nyc.untd.com [64.136.20.164]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E0FF843D53 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 21:35:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gs_stoller@juno.com) Received: from webmail22.nyc.untd.com (webmail22.nyc.untd.com [10.141.27.162]) by smtpout02.nyc.untd.com with SMTP id AABB8ZPNCABNVM3A for (sender ); Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:34:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gs_stoller@juno.com) by webmail22.nyc.untd.com (jqueuemail) id LGS2U24B; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:34:46 PST Received: from [67.84.55.15] by webmail22.nyc.untd.com with HTTP: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 21:34:25 GMT X-Originating-IP: [67.84.55.15] Mime-Version: 1.0 From: "gs_stoller@juno.com" Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 21:34:25 GMT To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Webmail Version 4.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <20060209.133446.1466.234518@webmail22.nyc.untd.com> X-ContentStamp: 2:1:1106511857 X-UNTD-OriginStamp: /s5f1SIGSI3+WdnoYQ8yRORbALEFtJil67PXfYX/jGHcMXX2UgSojQ== X-UNTD-Peer-Info: 10.141.27.162|webmail22.nyc.untd.com|webmail22.nyc.untd.com|gs_stoller@juno.com X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 22:09:48 +0000 Subject: installation of FreeBSD 6.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 21:35:50 -0000 I have tried several ways to install FreeBSD version 6.0 and all bomb= the same way. What happens is that I first get a message =93Building the boot loader a= rguments=94 on one line, and shortly afterwards the message =93Relocatin= g the loader and the BTX=94 on another line. After a delay of about 11 = minutes, a third line appears containing the message =93Starting the BTX= loader=94. I let the system run for about an hour and a half but no mo= re messages appeared, nor did the computer indicate that the installatio= n had completed. The only thing in my machine that I think could be =93not working=94 wi= th the installation program is my BIOS . Here is all the information I= have about my BIOS . It names itself as =93Energy Star Ally=94 writ= ten by Award Software Inc. and that it is an =93Award Modular BIOS=94 wi= th =93Award Plug & Play BIOS extension v1.0A=94. Its ID is v4.6OPGMA (= the character between the "6" & the "P" is a vertical ellipse with a dot= at its center, it is either zero or oh ).