Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 14:25:34 -0600 From: Jonathan Frazier <wolfnet@wolfnet-irc.org> To: Mike Schmitt <mike@dizzydev.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting 3.1 Message-ID: <3738923E.3D31A5C3@wolfnet-irc.org> References: <000a01be9b75$36443070$69ef6ed1@diz.dizx.com>
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I had the same problem on 2.2.8-stable and 3.1-stable. I found out that my drive geometry was incorrect. After changing the type of drive in my bios configuration and changing the geometry with FBSD, I never had another problem. Mike Schmitt wrote: > 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 -- Jonathan C. Frazier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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