Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 17:47:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Dan <dmeleaso@bw.edu> To: Guy Helmer <ghelmer@scl.ameslab.gov> Cc: r.h.vidler@usa.net, FreeBSD-Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Gateway2000 and FreeBSD 2.2.6 install problems Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980526174130.21717A-100000@slate.bw.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980526090751.22660M-100000@demios.scl.ameslab.gov>
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<snip> > Several years ago I installed FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 and later 2.1.0 on a GW2K > 486-DX2/66 w/ PCI as well as a 486-DX2/66 that probably had VLB. I don't > recall having any install problems with these machines. Does it help to > remove or swap memory? > > Guy Helmer <snip> Actually, I have tried to take out 8megs worth, leaving 32megs. I received the same message, only the address of the error was different. The debug for the "Probing devices" screen says: wfd0: Sense the media type is failed At this point in time, I am all but ready to call it quits, and wait till I can get a new computer to install FreeBSD. Thanks for the info, Dan Non sum qualis eram. Tempus edax rerum. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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