From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 30 15:24:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA20244 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 30 Mar 1997 15:24:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from stepahead.net (stepahead.net [205.161.119.233]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA20212 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 1997 15:23:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (irq@localhost) by stepahead.net (8.8.5/8.8.4) with SMTP id SAA12979; Sun, 30 Mar 1997 18:24:08 -0500 Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 18:24:07 -0500 (EST) From: interrupt request To: Mark Knipfer cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD v2.1.7 In-Reply-To: <333ff1f9.10115602@mail.choice.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Try removing all of your SCSI cards and your ne2000 board and see what happens...could be conflicting irqs,dmas,ports =================================================== interrupt request The Collective www.collective.org "We make the things that make communications free" On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Mark Knipfer wrote: > On Sun, 30 Mar 1997 14:53:49 -0500 (EST), you wrote: > > Here is a break down of my system (detailed): > > * Intel Triton II i430VX Pentium motherboard with 256k cache > * Intel Pentium 133Mhz CPU > * STB Powergraph 64V PCI 2mb EDO 32-/64-bit video card > * Winbound NE2000 PCI 100mbit Network card (Manufacturer: Long Shire) > * Sound Blaster 16 ISA card > * IOMega SCSI Zip ISA card > * Scanner card for an IBM ADF Color Scanner (8-bit card) > * 64mb EDO ram > * IOMega Ditto 3200mb (QIC-3020 / TR3) tape drive > (currently connected to the Floppy drive controller) > * 1.44mb 3.5" floppy drive > * Fitjutsi 12x IDE CD-ROM (which is compatible with FreeBSD) > * Sony Multiscan 200sf 17" NI monitor > * USR Courier X.2 56k external modem > * IOMega Zip 100mb drive (SCSI) > * JUSTer 300w Power Speakers with Surround sound > > I believe this is it, which I can seem to find anything else being connected to > the system. I have tried following the install.txt instructions many times and > tried all install options except for creating a diskette from a current Unix > system. > > > >Please post the specs of your computer. > > > > > >=================================================== > >interrupt request > >The Collective > >www.collective.org > >"We make the things that make communications free" > > > >On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Mark Knipfer wrote: > > > >> To Whom It Concerns: > >> > >> I purchased FreeBSD v2.1.7 CD-ROM (2-set) a couple weeks ago and have been > >> trying ever since to install it on my system. I heard from some other FreeBSD > >> users that my computer may be incompatible, which I have found out was untrue > >> and FreeBSD should work on my without problems. > >> > >> Before and ever since that I have heard that, FreeBSD v2.1.7 has not installed > >> on the system. It does load to a point and receive various errors: > >> > >> * missing files or permission denied while loading from the cd-rom's > >> > >> * missing kernel routines or distributions from the cd (filename.tgz > >> files) > >> > >> * debugging mode not permitted to run on this version. > >> > >> * can not create user profile (when the install.txt file tells you need > >> to create a profile for yourself) > >> > >> * system lock ups when loading FreeBSD v2.1.7 which errors stating that > >> kernel has errors or damaged operating system. > >> > >> and so on witht the errors. I have spent the last 1-2 weeks trying to load > >> this operating system which seems not want to load on my system. > >> > >> I remember reading on the web page that there is a 30-day money back guarantee, > >> hassle free. I would like send this cd-rom set back (FreeBSD v2.1.7) and > >> receive my money back since it has taken up so much of my time, and getting no > >> where. > >> > >> I hope that this message is not ignored like the rest of my support e-mail > >> messages that I have written for assistance. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Mark Knipfer > >> President of Adam Computer Services > >> mailto: adam@choice.net > >> >