Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 23:44:46 -0600 From: "Jack Cronn" <jbscro@mvp.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Failure to Boot past config screen Message-ID: <000701be20db$8ab99f60$0100007f@localhost.mvp.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE20A9.3D708A20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have tried to boot my machine using a floppy and CD from DOS with same = results. Using freebsd 2.2.7 and all goes well to config screen after = first booting into freeBSD. After all conflicts resolved and save, the = screen locks up with white cursor only on screen. I have a minimal = configuration with only video, scsi CD-Rom, floppy and hard drive, one = lpt and serial port, ps/2 mouse. The floppy and hard drive and com = ports are controlled using on board controllers. The motherboard is a = biostar pentium-133 using an intel HX chipset. If I don't change the = default kernel, The system goes to the installation screen and says that = it couldn't find the hard drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Jack ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE20A9.3D708A20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I have tried to boot my machine = using a floppy=20 and CD from DOS with same results. Using freebsd 2.2.7 and all goes well = to=20 config screen after first booting into freeBSD. After all conflicts=20 resolved and save, the screen locks up with white cursor only on = screen. I=20 have a minimal configuration with only video, scsi CD-Rom, floppy and = hard=20 drive, one lpt and serial port, ps/2 mouse. The floppy and hard = drive and=20 com ports are controlled using on board controllers. The motherboard is = a=20 biostar pentium-133 using an intel HX chipset. If I don't change the = default=20 kernel, The system goes to the installation screen and says that it = couldn't=20 find the hard drive.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Any help would be greatly=20 appreciated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 = size=3D2> Thanks =20 Jack</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE20A9.3D708A20-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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