From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 25 20:26:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDFEB16A4B3 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:26:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay2-dav22.bay2.hotmail.com [65.54.246.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C18943FE0 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:26:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from default013@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:26:16 -0700 Received: from 172.144.93.39 by bay2-dav22.bay2.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 03:26:15 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [172.144.93.39] X-Originating-Email: [default013@hotmail.com] From: "default013" To: "FreeBSD-Questions" Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 22:24:58 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Sep 2003 03:26:16.0187 (UTC) FILETIME=[F1A884B0:01C383DD] Subject: install issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 03:26:17 -0000 Hello, I've installed FreeBSD enough times, but have never had anything like this happen before. I searched the mailing list archives and couldn't find anything of use there either ... I was wondering if anyone has had any similar issues ... I've tested this with a storebought 4.2 version disk, and burned ISOs of 4.1, 4.3, and 4.8. Each time I attempt the install I run into the same problem: System boots up, begins reading the CD ROM and takes me to the kernel configuration screen. I can select either of the options, but when it goes to the sysinstall screen I get a brief flash of sysinstall and 1 of 2 things happen: most of the time the system reboots itself displaying no error messages or 2 rarely the system will stay at sysinstall, and after flashing the screen for a second displays a distorted image of sysinstall under which all I can see is basically a grey background with blue bars on it. I can move the selection around, but if I select something the system reboots. The system is running on a p3 733 mhz processor with 384M SDRAM on a 133 Bus. Motherboard is a Intel D815EGEW that is brand new. Has 2 IBM 80G hard drives and a Netgear network card ... that's about it ... I've tried using a different (beside the built-in) video card and had the same problem. I tried disabling one of the hard disks and had the same problem, and also tried disabling the CD ROM device (it is very old) just in case ... but run into the same problem every time. The same thing happens even when using boot diskettes. Anyone have any idea why this would happen? I've tried everything I can think of and am stumped! Could it be the motherboard? Its an Intel ... Thanks, Jordan