From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 16 14:59:33 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id OAA11633 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:59:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.135]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id OAA11620 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:59:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA00580; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:59:15 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:59:15 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: dlhodge@ix.netcom.com cc: support@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Has anyone successfully installed any version of Freebsd onto a NEC or IBM notebook In-Reply-To: <32B30D13.6FBE@popd.ix.netcom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 14 Dec 1996, David Hodge wrote: > I've been trying now for several weeks to load Freebsd onto both my IBM > 370 ThinkPad or my NEC 4000 notepad/docking station. Neither attempt has > produce any success. At the very beginning of any load, via CDROM > installation program, the system crashes immediately. It seem as though > the system is having real difficulty handling how the laptop negotiates > the extended memory. Could you describe this in more detail? For example, what you do and see and what is on the display at the time of the crash. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major