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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.

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