From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 11 00:05:44 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA26047 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 00:05:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from monsoon.dial.pipex.net (monsoon.dial.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA26041 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 00:05:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kojak@i.am) Received: (qmail 29236 invoked from network); 11 Jan 1999 08:05:08 -0000 Received: from userm197.uk.uudial.com (HELO kojak) (193.149.77.247) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 11 Jan 1999 08:05:08 -0000 Message-ID: <36985EBD.41C67EA6@i.am> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 08:03:09 +0000 From: Tony Alexander X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Les Smith CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Instaling 2.2.8 on laptop References: <36995288.FF27AA00@on-linetackle.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I had the same problem on my laptop, however the install seems to work fine on 3.0-RELEASE, I suggest you try and copy the floppy boot image (see the floppy directory) from the ftp site to see if it works. -Tony Les Smith wrote: > > I have attempted to install 2.2.8 on my laptop, a AMD K-6 300mhz, 128mb > RAM, 4.1 gb hd, cd-rom, 13.3 TFT monitor (what additional info is > needed?). > > When I put in the boot floppy, restart the laptop the install hangs. The > install doesn't appear to even start the device probing. > > I've tried this several times, but don't know what the next step is. > > Thnx for any and all help. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message