Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 14:32:21 -0800 From: rec@corp.cirrus.com (Bob Cousins) To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: rec@rcousins.com Subject: Help! Can't make install work Message-ID: <199804032232.OAA00562@ss533.corp.cirrus.com>
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Hello:
I've installed FreeBSD on two other systems successfully,
but am stymied on the latest. I created a boot floppy using
boot.flp and fdimage.exe copied down today (4/3/98) from
Ftp.FreeBSD.org.
The system (which is brand new), boots the floppy just fine and
I select visual mode for configuration.
The system configuration is simple:
200 MHZ Pentium w/ MMX
512 K second level cache
64 megs of RAM
3Com PCI LAN controller ("3Com Fast ETherlink XL") 3c90x
Hard disk: WDC AC24300L (4312 mb) (primary ide master)
CD ROM: Toshiba (primary IDE slave)
ZIP Drive: secondary IDE Master
Matrox video card
serial ports, modem, serial mouse, floppy, etc.
Selecting active drivers
I kill all storage except floppy.
Same with Netowrk devices and parallel printers.
Same with microsoft and ps/2 mouse selections.
PCI section shows PCI drivers for my LAN and disk controllers.
WHen I'm done, I select "q" to quit and "y" to save.
Immediatley I get a partial screen of text showing the probes.
There are 9 lines of output in all. They are (hand typed, sorry
if there are any typos):
avail memory = 61792256 (60344K bytes)
Probing for devices on PCI bus 0:
chip0 <Intel 82439TX PCI cache memory controller> rev 1 on pci0:0:0
chip1 <Intel 82371AB PCI-ISA bridge> rev 1 on pci0:7:0
chip2 <Intel 82371AB IDE interface> rev 1 on pci0:7:1
chip3 <Intel 82371AB USB interface> rev 1 int d irq 11 on pci0:7:2
chip4 <Intel 82371AB Power management controller> rev 1 on pci0:7:3
vga0 <VGAcompatible display device> rev 0 int a irq 9 on pci0:13:0
vx0 <3COM 3C905 Faster Therlink XL PCI> rev 0 int a irq 10 on pci0:15:0
Then the system hangs. It won't respond to the keyboard (numlock doesn't
work, space bar doesn't work, cntl-alt-delete doesn't work). I've left it
this way for 1+ hour without any changes.
I've also tried various configuration settings including bypassing
configuration totally. I get the same answers.
When I boot with -cv I get some more lines of output during the probes
but nothing which seems relevant.
I must be doing something wrong, but I'm too close to the problem. COuld
someone please give me a hint as to what I'm doing wrong?
BTW: Hardware boots windows/95 just fine and I haven't been able to overwrite
it yet! I'd appreciate some help so that I can remove one more microsoft
boot sector virus from the world.
THanx
Bob Cousins
rec@RCousins.com
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