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Date:      Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:44:41 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Vinnie Yesue <vinnie@picketfence.suburbs.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: trouble installing
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811121644160.24229-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9811121310590.4076-100000@picketfence.suburbs.net>

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On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Vinnie Yesue wrote:

> 
> I'm attempting to install 2.2.7 onto a 486 dx-33.  the hardware is pretty
> standard stuff - 3c509, isa s3 based cheap video card, isa drive
> controller/serial/parallel interface.
> 
> I put in my boot disk and get to the kernel config screen ok, and I set 
> things up as they should be and then continue.  freebsd dumps all my
> driver info out, but then it mysteriously dies, the last line it shows is: 
> 
> /stand/sysinstall running as ini on vty0
> 
> but I never see sysinstall!  on the second virtual console i see:
> 
> DEBUG: ioctl(3, TIOCCONS, NULL) = 0 (success)
> 
> and on the third virtual console, nothing.
> 
> o I have tried multiple boot disks
> o I did NOT remove sc0 from the kernel config

Is scroll lock on?

Try booting without making any configuration changes.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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