From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 12 18:26:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 D016916A420 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:26:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6EA443D45 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:26:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s18so595404wxc for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:26:02 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=kBZLIgqFHag1+bRdaffJOnT0U/kN0EFWOwtjVCowtMyEAIHrxLSJXR5y92QE3IDXhfH7h+3i8y4uekp1r/GtzaiLZXah1VcgzJRYNFSYeOpWAqbb2fRTGOubuB2zp3LHwNU3b/0Sdiph5CHskqN0g0PB2k2Xts3kjAYzxeMCaQc= Received: by 10.70.12.14 with SMTP id 14mr1414479wxl; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:26:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.58.15 with HTTP; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:26:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:26:02 -0600 From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060211.183855.29586.250418@webmail65.nyc.untd.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, gs_stoller@juno.com Subject: Re: installation of FreeBSD 6.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:26:03 -0000 On 2/11/06, fbsd_user wrote: > > (Some data deleted) > >> What happens is that I first get a message ?Building the boot > loader > >> arguments? on one line, and shortly afterwards the message > ?Relocating > >> the loader and the BTX? on another line. After a delay of about > 11 > >> minutes, a third line appears containing the message ?Starting > the BTX > >> loader?. I let the system run for about an hour and a half but > no > >> more messages appeared, nor did the computer indicate that the > >> installation had completed. > >> The only thing in my machine that I think could be ?not working? > >> with the installation program is my BIOS . Here is all the > >> information I have about my BIOS . It names itself as > >> ?Energy Star Ally? written by Award Software Inc. and that it is > >> an ?Award Modular BIOS? with ?Award Plug & Play BIOS extension > >> v1.0A?. Its ID is v4.6OPGMA (the character between the "6" & > >> the "P" is a vertical ellipse with a dot at its center, it is > >> either zero or oh ). > > > How did you install it? (Two floppy disks / CD) > > Did you get to the install screen? (sysinstall) > > I tried to install from a CDROM set (of 2). > I never did get to the install screen. I tried simply booting th= e > first CDROM and it gave out those three lines. Similarly when I > booted into my current system (4.3), mounted the first CDROM , and > then typed "/cdrom/stand/sysinstall". > > **************************************************** > > Where did you get your install cd from?? > If you burned a downloaded iso file, did you run md5 to > verify the checksum so you know its good? I missed the OP, so I apologise in advance for the multiple ccs. 11 Minutes to get to the boot loader startup? Is this a 80386? If it is, then as of some time ago these are no longer supported in a default install. http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/i386.htm -- --