Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 14:00:25 -0600 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "Fred Pinzenscham" <sarninja@tds.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Cannot install FreeBDS. Message-ID: <000201c04a89$8d2597c0$0200000a@vladsempire.net> References: <BPEMKDPMECALIJNKCKFDIECLCBAA.sarninja@tds.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Pinzenscham" <sarninja@tds.net> To: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 10:27 AM Subject: RE: Cannot install FreeBDS. > I have a '97 motherboard with award bios. > > It loads the kernal, I skip the kernal config > It start loading the drivers. > the last few lines are: > ifmedia_set: no match for 0x25/0xffffffff > panic: if media_set > uptime:0s > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds. > > The system boots fine on a older motherboard, same processor with less > memory > > Do you have a network card installed by any chance....I came upon a previous post to questions that had a panic string that was similar to yours where the poster had determined that his system only panic'd on install with his network card installed. Do you think this could be the case in your situation? Josh > > Everytime i try to install freeBDS is comes up with a line saying > Rebooting > > in 15 sec. Press any key to abort. If I do not press a key the machine > > will reboot. If I do press a key a line saying Press any key to reboot > will > > appear. This will happen after the configuration screen or be for the > > install screen. > > > > Pentium 133, 48mb ram > > 850mb hd, 12x cdrom > > 1 gb hd > > booting from CD > > > > What could be happening? If you need more info please ask. > > > Lots of different things...what is on the screen before it reboots? There > are older Pentium motherboards with IDE controllers that are incompatible > with FreeBSD, perhaps you have one of those....although it could be many > other things as well. The messages on the screen before the reboot will > most likely contain valuable clues as to the reason behind this difficulty > you are experiencing. > > Josh > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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