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Subject: Re: Compaq Proliant 2500 - freebsd 5.1 install problems
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  Sounds very similar to a problem that I have with FreeBSD 5.1.  As soon
as /stand/sysinstall is started, the display adaptor turns off!  This is
on a Dell Poweredge 6350 with 4xXeon 550s.  I never did get FreeBSD 5.x
working on any of the 6350s that I have, but 4.8 works perfectly.

Tom

On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Christer Solskogen wrote:

> I`m trying to get FreeBSD 5.1 installed, but sysinstall never shows.
> The last info I get is "/stand/sysinstall running as init on vty0" and it
> stops. It dont do anything more.
> FreeBSD 4.8(and 4.9 i guess, havent tried yet) works.
>
> Any sollution?
> Btw, I have set the OS to be 'Other' in BIOS.
>
>
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> Med vennlig hilsen / Best regards
> Christer Solskogen
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