From owner-freebsd-stable Mon May 10 23:16:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from proxy4.ba.best.com (proxy4.ba.best.com [206.184.139.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D14A515C6E for ; Mon, 10 May 1999 23:16:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dizzydev.com) Received: from diz (ali-ca20-17.ix.netcom.com [209.110.228.209]) by proxy4.ba.best.com (8.9.3/8.9.2/best.out) with SMTP id XAA14885; Mon, 10 May 1999 23:13:39 -0700 (PDT) From: "Mike Schmitt" To: "Daniel C. Sobral" Cc: Subject: RE: Booting 3.1 Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 23:12:13 -0700 Message-ID: <000a01be9b75$36443070$69ef6ed1@diz.dizx.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2377.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3612.1700 In-reply-to: <3737B246.57C81D26@newsguy.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Good points, although on the first I can say nothing: after the F1 DOS F2 ??? F3 BSD prompt (at which I hit F3), the system freezes. Nothing else. Pentium 233MMX, Tyan motherboard, 64mb RAM, single IDE hard disk partitioned for DOS, Solaris for Intel, and FreeBSD. Intel EtherExpress Pro & DEC PCI network cards. Mach64 video. IDE CD ROM. I'll make a note of the chipset when I get access to the machine next. As a test, we pulled out all the adapter cards except the video card, and disconnected the CD ROM. Same result. Let me know what else to provide -- this is a mystery to me as well, as I've installed BSD on several quite similar systems (Tyan motherboards, etc.) and they've worked fine. Thanks in advance! Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel C. Sobral [mailto:dcs@newsguy.com] > Sent: Monday, May 10, 1999 9:30 PM > To: Mike Schmitt > Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Booting 3.1 > > > Mike Schmitt wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm trying to install 3.1-RELEASE on a Pentium 233MMX system. > I boot off > > the floppy, and can easily install the entire system off a network > > connection. After installation, though, the system boots, I > hit F3 to get > > FreeBSD to boot, and the entire system locks up tight. Any > ideas on how to > > proceed? > > Begin by describing what you see during the entire boot process, and > quoting the last few lines you see. FreeBSD bootstrapping is a > many-stages process, and saying that it freezes doesn't give us the > slightest clue on what is freezing. > > Second, describe your hardware. "Pentium 233MX" is *not* enough. > Disk controllers, disks, ram memory, motherboard, chipset, > everything you can provide. Usually, the problem is located in the > one piece of information omitted. > > -- > Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) > dcs@newsguy.com > dcs@freebsd.org > > "Proof of Trotsky's farsightedness is that _none_ of his > predictions have come true yet." > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message