Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 01:16:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com> To: Anthony Akens <akensaj@cs.purdue.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Monitor Troubles Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970708011516.21586A-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com> In-Reply-To: <33C18932.612E@cs.purdue.edu>
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On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Anthony Akens wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.1 from a walnut creek CD-ROM onto my > PC. I am currently running windows '95 and trying to set up the > computer to run both operating systems. I have windows '95 running on a > 1.5 GB hard drive, and have another 600 MB hard drive onto which I plan > to install FreeBSD. I'm planning on placing the boot manager on the 1.5 > GB drive. > When I begin the install (either from the install.bat file on the CD, > or from the boot disk made with makeflp.bat) the screen "scrambles" just > after it says "booting kernel". By scrambles I mean that the black & > white text distorts for a short time, then the entire screen is filled > with random (stationary) patterns of scrambled text. > By switching in an old VGA card for my current one I was able to see > the menu screen that should have been appearing at that point in the > installation process. > The video card I am trying to use is a Diamond Speedstar 64 ISA card > with one MB of RAM (possibly 2, I forget). There are 2 jumpers on the > card - one for the 0 wait state, and one for IRQ 2. I have tried > removing both - in every combination, but to no avail. Not sure, but is this the reason why the CMOS has the VGA Palette Snoop option (found on Award Bioses)? If you have that option, give it a try and see if it helps. > My monitor is a Samsung SyncMaster 17Gli (17" SVGA). > My motherboard is made By ASUS. My processor is a Pentium 133 (intel) > and the chipset is all intel. > If there is a way to fix this short of buying a new video card (or only > using VGA) please let me know. > If you need more information, please e-mail me. > > Thank you, > Anthony Akens > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shoppers Network (Support) AMD K5/K6s, Cyrix 6x86, Intel Pentiums/Pro Phone: (415) 759-8584 Email: howard@shoppersnet.com ==============================> WWW - http://www.shoppersnet.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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