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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 15:37:22 +0200
From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To: Justin Clift <vapour@digitaldistribution.com>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG,
        kpielorz@tdx.co.uk, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: *very* important addition to the installation instructions
References: <003c01bdf366$880b5620$0100a8c0@knight>
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On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 07:23:50PM +1000, Justin Clift wrote:
> Hiyas,
> 
> I've had a significant amount of trouble installing FreeBSD onto an old 486
> system I'm had hanging around for ages.  Finally though, I solved the
> problem, and found out what caused it.
> 
> I think this problem is common enough to warrant inserting this additional
> one-sentence entry into the installation instructions...
> 
> "If you have to boot with '-c' on a first time install, DO NOT remove the
> Syscon Console Driver even if it displays as a conflict.  This will leave
> you with a blank screen and no installation."

This problem has been resolved by at least allowing the console driver
to conflict; I don't remember if we also marked it non-removable.

Better tech instead of better docs for this case - people don't always
read docs, so if it can be resolved technically, so much the better :-)

Eivind.


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