Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 17:25:29 -0400 From: User & Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> To: Eric Kozowski <eric@routergeeks.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install problem Message-ID: <20010712172529.E39967@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20010712104639.D3846@schooner.routergeeks.net>; from eric@routergeeks.net on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:46:39AM -0700 References: <20010711125918.A26313@schooner.routergeeks.net> <20010711225958.C29759@schooner.routergeeks.net> <t7frktgdllog3rosto61bq9h8nuh8tcvod@4ax.com> <20010712104639.D3846@schooner.routergeeks.net>
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Was your 3.x install dangerously dedicated? This is the last recourse sometimes. Ian As it was put forth by Eric Kozowski on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:46:39AM -0700... > On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 04:21:33PM +0100, John Murphy wrote: > > Eric Kozowski <eric@routergeeks.net> wrote: > > > > >On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 12:59:19PM -0700, Eric Kozowski wrote: > > >> > > >> i'm having problems doing my second freebsd install of the week. > > >> > > >> i got 4.3 installed without any problems (i just did a minimal > > >> install, set the root password, etc.) > > >> > > >> now, when i rebooted after the install, the system gets to the > > >> boot manager (F1 for FreeBSD) and locks up there. any key > > >> pressed generates a beep. > > >> > > >> this system had freebsd 3 on it and worked just fine. i stripped > > >> the system down to just a video card, pci fast ether and pci scsi > > >> card. i've disable most onboard stuff in the bios, except the > > >> floppy and one serial port. > > >> > > >> i don't appear to have an irq conflict (though i could be wrong). > > >> > > >> anyone have any ideas? > > > > > >anyone? > > > > > >i tried reloading again with no luck. tried all kinds of different > > >bios settings, too. > > > > > >it still hangs at the boot manager. > > > > Did you remember to set the slice with the boot partition bootable? > > yep, did that. still no go. > > as soon as the bootloader comes up the system beeps once and pretty > much locks up. any key press generates a beep. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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