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Subject: Install failed on Asus SP3G
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     Hi folks,
     i've tried to install FreeBSD 2.0 on my PC. Unfortunately the 
     installation failed. I wonder if anybody is able to help me on that ?
     Here's what's going on :
     
     System is a 486DX2-66 Intel, Asus SP3G Mainboard, 8MB RAM 256K Cache,
     using the onboard NCR SCSI Controller with CONNER 1060S (1GB,SCSI)
     HD and Toshiba 3601B (4.5 x Speed, SCSI CDROM Drive), 1/4" Floppy
     Grpahics Board is Spea Mercury, Standard Keyboard (No mouse connected 
     to system).
     
     Software is from BSDisc (November 94) from InfoMagic
     
     I made two install disks (rawrite). 1st disk contained a boot_144.flp
     image, second floppy contained a sysinstall (also flp-file). On the CD
     there are two directories called NEWER and OLDER. The directories both
     contained boot_flp and sysinstall. I tried all four possible 
     combinations of boot.flp and sysinstall on the two floppies.
     
     With the newer boot.flp the installation stopped (system reboot) a
     different points (usually after creating the filesystems, in copying
     in kernel).
     
     With the older boot.flp the installation succeeded, and the first boot
     after that succeeded, and i was asked to insert the second floppy.
     After that (while copying the sysinstall tool) the system rebooted.
     I tried both versions of the sysinstall tool, without success.
     The system did not always boot the kernel and came up to the 
     sysinstall stuff. Sometimes (about 3/4 of all tries) it did not boot
     the kernel correct.
     
     That's where i am now.
     I wonder if somebody can help me on that.
     Thanks a lot.
     
     Cheers
     Guido
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