From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 28 18:16:11 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 46E0F16A402 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:16:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 211D513C441 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:16:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9] (may be forged)) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l0SIGAQb003806 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:16:10 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.41] (c-67-187-172-183.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.187.172.183]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l0SIG9wY027823 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:16:10 -0800 Message-ID: <45BCE868.7030807@u.washington.edu> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:16:08 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070122) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <302296.98868.qm@web35310.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20070128175427.GA39359@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20070128175427.GA39359@owl.midgard.homeip.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.1.28.95932 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __LINES_OF_YELLING 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' 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 18:16:11 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Erik Trulsson wrote: > 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. Try booting the CD without acpi / apm support too. apm support with dell is fruity, and acpi shouldn't have really been supported all the way with the machine either. Moreover, you can try making a boot floppy with the BIOS update as the current BIOS version may not support Unix installs. I agree though--if you can't boot freebsd, you should give up. There are versions of Linux that may run on the laptop though, so you can give that a shot as well.. Also just for the sake of the archives, Win95 ver. b (basically SP2) did have USB support but it really sucked; I couldn't the machine to recognize a number of USB devices with this version of 95. However, Win98 made a big difference in this arena since they started properly supporting USB and so that's probably one reason why many people upgraded. - -Garrett -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFvOhoEnKyINQw/HARAjVxAKCW19E3zOsDLq0TvSgfa+N+W4yxZgCeJapp ZrmxQ0oXi5R0QoRFIRBI/fA= =iUTj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----