Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 17:38:50 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: James Moritz <jmoritz@cygnus.nb.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980203173712.13993D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <34D63344.30BC@cygnus.nb.ca>
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On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, James Moritz wrote: > I encounter a problem when trying to install freeBSD by ftp from > floppy on the following platform: > > Pentium CPU > 1540CP/1542CP SCSI controller > ATI Mach 32 video adaptor > NE2000 Ethernet Adapter (Acer ALN-101 PnP) > > The only drivers I am enabling during kernel configuration are: > > fdc0 > aha0 330,11 > ed0 300,5 > > I do not enable sio0-3, as the Mach 32 seems to be located at > the same address as the Mach 64 and one of your FAQs mentions > a conflict with COM4 and that card. Originally, I enabled mse0, > but disabling it hasn't improved matters any. The sio drivers have been fixed so they don't hurt the Mach32. It's the sio3 pr0obe that usually kills it anyway. > My problem is that once these drivers are configured and I leave the > configuration screen, the screen goes blank, save for what appears to > be a large cursor at the upper left corner of the screen. If I wait a > few seconds, my machine reboots and I'm back to square one. Wierd. Try setting flags 0x7 on the npx0 device. This disables some CPU optimizations that your machine may not like. > On the > other hand, if I use the default configuration I experience a whole > pile of conflicts, but I do successfully reach the installation screen! Are you optimizing out sc0 by any chance? You need it! Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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