From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 28 00:29:52 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52E5116A4CF for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 00:29:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F34A343D1F for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 00:29:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kb4ih@earthlink.net) Received: from [65.40.91.201] (helo=earthlink.net) by smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DFi8b-0003mB-Vr for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:29:50 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=simple; s=test1; d=earthlink.net; h=Message-ID:X-Priority:Reply-To:X-Mailer:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=Yd185yJ8fuNJIp4iP+7Kz6lu+VZLv/RBdF5R2stTKhLUwflmV/KildYkW00534Kl; Message-ID: <410-2200531280301187@earthlink.net> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: EarthLink MailBox 2005.1.47.0 (Windows) From: "Joe Parker" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:30:01 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-ELNK-Trace: d14562a8dcf8590274bf435c0eb9d4786fe53439b05fd63a31efd77e2b1488acaec66918fd23b835350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 65.40.91.201 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: FreeBSD 4.6 & 4.8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: kb4ih@earthlink.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 00:29:52 -0000 I have version 4.6 and 4.8 of FreeBSD and I am having trouble getting pass a certain point. This is the procedure I have followed form The FreeBSD Handbook, 3rd Edition, Volume I: User Guide Edited by Murray Stokely and Chern Lee. I boot for the CD and start form Start kernel configuration in full-screen visual mode. Then Press X Then delete: Advansys SCSI narrow controller Adaptec 154 X SCSI controller Adaptec 152 X SCSI and computable sound card Buslogic SCSI controller Then press Q Save these parameters before exiting YES While loading the sysinstall it freezes up when it reaches sio0: type 8250. The book shows type 16550A The computer I am trying to install FreeBSD on is an AMD 700 MHz marchine with 512 MB of memory. Nothing else on the hard drive. It will be a stand a lone computer once I get FreeBSD installed. Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated. Best Regards, Joe Joe Parker kb4ih@earthlink.net Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.