From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 28 17:54:32 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 188AA16A400 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:54:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C21BD13C478 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:54:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-29-241.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.29.241]:52834 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HBEEY-0004tq-5U for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:54:31 +0100 Received: (qmail 3156 invoked from network); 28 Jan 2007 18:54:27 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with SMTP; 28 Jan 2007 18:54:27 +0100 Received: (qmail 39397 invoked by uid 1001); 28 Jan 2007 18:54:27 +0100 Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:54:27 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Andrew Gould Message-ID: <20070128175427.GA39359@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Gould , FreeBSD Questions Mailing List References: <302296.98868.qm@web35310.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <302296.98868.qm@web35310.mail.mud.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-ACL-Warn: Too high rate of unknown addresses received from you X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1HBEEY-0004tq-5U. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1HBEEY-0004tq-5U 825625857bd4b301416a24d51f949228 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2 install CD causes immediate reboot 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, 28 Jan 2007 17:54:32 -0000 On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 09:34:44AM -0800, Andrew Gould wrote: > I was given a Dell Dimension m200a yesterday by someone > who recently upgraded. I think it was created around 1997. > > CPU: Pentium > RAM: 48MB > > odd: This PC runs Win95; but has 2 usb ports. Didn't > Win98 predate usb ports? No, USB ports started appearing around 1996. It took a while before they become widespread though. The later revisions of Win95 did have support for USB, which was improved in Win98. > > When I try to boot up with the FreeBSD 6.2 installation CD, > the system tries to boot from the CD; but then reboots before > anything messages from the CD appear on the monitor. > > Is there something I can try, or should I just give up? > I have a hard time throwing functional hardware in the trash. > Maybe I'm struggling too much with my own mortality; but > that's a different discussion. ;-) You could try booting an older version of FreeBSD (4.x probably since 5.x is very similar to 6.x) and see if that works. You could also fiddle with various BIOS settings. You could also try the boot floppies. If none of that works I would give up trying to install FreeBSD on that computer. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se