From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 25 01:23:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA27033 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 May 1998 01:23:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA27027 for ; Mon, 25 May 1998 01:23:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA06119; Mon, 25 May 1998 04:14:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199805250814.EAA06119@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: Install problems on Dell XPS R400 In-Reply-To: <001a01bd87a4$2dc95f00$6e00cbc0@rice-home> from Michael Rice at "May 25, 98 00:13:03 am" To: marice@email.msn.com (Michael Rice) Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 04:14:46 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Michael Rice wrote: > I have just purchased a Dell 400MHz Pentium II system and I can't get FBSD > 2.6.2 to install. > > 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. > I bet you removed the console. (device sc0). Don't worry about that conflict with the mouse. dave -- Is the true purpose of Unix its use, or its administration? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message