Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:26:46 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysinstall - ALT F2 black screen Message-ID: <199902162026.MAA00504@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:26:46 %2B0100." <199902161026.LAA21826@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
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> > I'm installing on a ASUS P55T2P4 again on an IBM DHEA 38451 with the > 3.0 STABLE install floppies. > > Making filesystem on wd0s1f took quite long and did not end. Trying to > switch to the DEBUG screen (ALT F2) gives me a black screen. > > Anyone seen this? Works fine here on an 8GB Western Digital. > Or is my hardware still screwed? Not finding the wdc controllers > in previous efforts was caused by some special wiring the colleague added > to disable the hard disks by a switch on the front panel (which took > off power from the hard drive while leaving it cabled to the controller). Yuck. That's extra-bad. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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