From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 2 20:23:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA15285 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 2 May 1998 20:23:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA15275 for ; Sat, 2 May 1998 20:23:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA21538; Sat, 2 May 1998 20:23:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 20:23:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Hoanh Tran cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation for "sysinstall" In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19980430194657.00682f30@manta.nosc.mil> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Hoanh Tran wrote: > If someone out there who may assist me w/ the following problem, I would > appreciate it: > I'm installing FreeBSD 2.2 on my Segar Laptop (a generic brand). I executed > the install.exe on the Walcreek Nut CDROM and it went thru all the necessary > steps (eg probing the device,...), but when it comes to the part when > "SYSINSTALL window" suppose to appear so that you can begin installing BSD, > nothing appear on the screen and the system hung up. > What would be causing this problem? > Would this happen because my laptop might not support "DOS ANSI Window"? I doubt it. Try creating the boot floppy and boot from it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message