Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:26:52 +0400 From: Dmitry Mityugov <dmitry.mityugov@gmail.com> To: Peter van der Linden <pvdl@afu.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to install on laptop? video issue? Message-ID: <b7052e1e050620012635c1e364@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f6e8f339953fe43f1f90abf7899bdaed@afu.com> References: <f6e8f339953fe43f1f90abf7899bdaed@afu.com>
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On 6/20/05, Peter van der Linden <pvdl@afu.com> wrote: > I want to install FreeBSD 5.4 onto a partition on my 1 year old HP > laptop. >=20 > I've done a lot of Linux distro installs, and sometimes I need to give > the installer a hint about the graphics card, > typically something like: >=20 > boot: linux vga=3D771 >=20 > When I try the FreeBSD installer, the screen goes blank about 5 seconds > after it starts booting from the CD, typically at the point where it > switches to X Window in a Linux install. >=20 > Is there a similar hint I can give FreeBSD about the type of graphics > to use? What are the syntax and choices? > I have googled for this without success. Thanks, I doubt this is graphics. FreeBSD installer works in text mode. Can you see the initial menu (with FreeBSD mascot, ASCII-art style, on the right side of the screen) before the screen gets blank? --=20 Dmitry "We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N by E"
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