From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 24 23:08:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA26827 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 24 May 1998 23:08:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from UPIMSSMTPUSR05 (smtp.email.msn.com [207.68.143.177]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA26819 for ; Sun, 24 May 1998 23:08:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marice@email.msn.com) Received: from rice-home - 208.254.186.242 by email.msn.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 24 May 1998 23:07:40 -0700 Message-ID: <001a01bd87a4$2dc95f00$6e00cbc0@rice-home> From: "Michael Rice" To: "FreeBSD Questions List" Subject: Install problems on Dell XPS R400 Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 00:13:03 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have just purchased a Dell 400MHz Pentium II system and I can't get FBSD 2.6.2 to install. The following lists the hardware installed: 400MHz Pentium II 128MB RAM 6.4GB Ultra-ATA IDE hard disk (Master on primary IDE) NEC 32X CD-ROM (Master on secondary IDE) Adaptec 2940 SCSI II PCI controller (no devices attached) Diamond Fire GL video w/ 8MB Montego Turtle Beach audio 2 Intel EtherExpress Pro/100+ Ethernet PCI cards Microsoft InteliMouse (PS/2 interface) I am trying to install from the Walnut Creek CD. I do the following: 1. Boot from FBSD 2.6.2 floppy 2. Select the full screen setup 3. Remove all unnecessary devices BTW, I can't find a driver for a NEC CD-ROM or the Intel Ethernet cards 4. Select 'Q' to quit and save When I Quit and save the setup, it spins the floppy for about 30 seconds, accesses it a couple of times, clears the screen, and then locks up. Thinking that maybe it was timing out on a bunch of devices, I let it sit for about 30 minutes on the blank screen, but it never progressed any further. Any ideas? Michael Rice marice@msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message