From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 21 07:11:22 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA11420 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 07:11:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from smith.crayola.cse.psu.edu (smith.crayola.cse.psu.edu [130.203.2.14]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA11415 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 07:11:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from brickred.crayola.cse.psu.edu by smith.crayola.cse.psu.edu id <14352-2>; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:05:49 -0500 Subject: freebsd 2.1 From: Brian S Wasserman To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:05:57 -0500 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Message-Id: <95Dec21.100549est.14352-2@smith.crayola.cse.psu.edu> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I downloaded the boot disk from your web page and followed the install instructions. I formatted the disk in DOS mode (of W95) and used rawrite. When I boot it looks at the C drive for 30 secs after the A drive was used for a few moments, and then just sits there. A cursor is all I get. I have a Compaq Presario CSD 924 (486DX2-66 8meg ram). I have a 500 meg hard drive (came with the system) on a built in IDE card. We recently added a 1.6 gig hard drive (which is on an EIDE controller card) and it works flawlessly. Are there any quick fixes for this? Am I just SOL? I would appreciate a prompt response if it is possible since I am on break between semesters and have only a few weeks. After that I will not be able to even try installing FBSD until May. I am an experienced Unix user who wants to have the power of Unix on my PC. Thank you very much, Brian