From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 25 17:15:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06D0316A4B3 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 17:15:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.89]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BBDE44001 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 17:15:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mshahil@mshahil.demon.co.uk) Received: from mshahil.demon.co.uk ([80.177.30.52]) by anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1A2gGv-000MgC-0V for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 01:15:47 +0100 Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 01:15:40 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) From: Mohamed Shahil Mooradun To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-Id: <8FE2A938-EFB6-11D7-91E2-000393DB7518@mshahil.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: installation panic X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 00:15:50 -0000 Hi, Thank you for reading this email. I have been trying to install FBSD on my advent laptop 7018 (see=20 specification below) It came package with XP home. Well I used Partition Magic 8 to create a partition before C drive.=20 Well I created it as primary unformatted. So FBSD boot can use the space before the 1,024 cylinder. When I set=20 the unformatted partition active ready for install then I boot from my=20= FBSD CD well there seem to be a kernel panic. It keeps on going in=20 circle rebooting several times. Please tell em if there is a possibility of installing FBSD on this=20 hardware or I am trying to do the impossible. Maybe I need to install=20 FBSD clean on the whole drive. Then create the slice an reinstall XP.=20 But I'd rather not do that ,too many data to back up. try with moving=20 and creating the partition first with PM8. FIPS won't work on XP anyway=20= so i'm stuck @ the moment. This section read only if you want to : Now I am keeping the microsuck OS because I need it for my course work=20= and also until i get all the hardware to function under FBSD example=20 WI-FI Lan. I like challenge and experimental learning and I think FBSD OS has a=20 lot to go for. I like to get down to technical. Maybe in the future I=20 will have to do some system administration in my line of duty I was=20 going for Linux [RedHat 9.0]. However FBSD can emulate linux and run=20 ported applications. I'm a newbie to Unix and I hate microsuck. But have a long time=20 macintosh experience user. Well the latest OS X Darwin has its origin=20 from FBSD. OS X is unix based. Well when I start looking under the hood=20= of OSX well my unix interest has grown a lot. I decided that I should=20 run FBSD on my wintel machine because I was getting tired of microsuck. CPU Intel=AE=20 Pentium=AE 4-M 2.00 GHz Memory 512 MB DDR=20 SODIMM Hard Drive 60 GB Fujitsu=20= MHS2060AT CD / DVD Drive 8x 8x 8x 24x=20 Matshita CW-8121 DVD ROM/CDRW combination drive Floppy Drive Floppy disk=20 drive Monitor 15 widescreen TFT (native resolution 1280x854) Video / Graphics Card nVidia=AE GeForce 4=99=20= 440 GO (64 MB) Sound Card Realtek AC97=20 audio Network Card Realtek 8139 /=20 180X (Onboard) Network Card Intersil=AE = Prism=AE=20 wireless LAN PCI card PC Card 1 x Type I /=20= Type II PC Card Ports Advent 7018 ports Case Advent 70xx series case information Battery Lithium-ion battery