Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:56:08 -0800 (PST) From: Krishna Ramanathan <kumar_ramanathan@yahoo.com> To: Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 5.1 on i386 (ASUS motherboard). Message-ID: <20031028055608.47577.qmail@web10808.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200310270626.56385@harrymail>
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Thanks a lot, Harald, it worked ! I chose option 2 in the BSD install menu, and I'm fine now.. tho' I've been too chicken to go thru' the partitioning process, without a thorough read, I'll get around to doing that today/tomorrow, I'm sure. Best regards, Kumar --- Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de> wrote: > On Sunday 26 October 2003 10:45, Krishna Ramanathan > wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a machine with the following configuration > : > > > > 1. AMD Athlon XP 1.8GHz. > > 2. 512 Mb DDR RAM. > > 3. Samsung CD/RW Drive > > 4. 2 HDDs - IBM(80G) + Samsung(40G). > > 5. ASUS A7N8X-X motherboard. > > 6. NVidia GEForce MX-440(64Megs dedicated DDR) > Display > > card. > > 7. DLing DFE538-TX 10/100 Mbps, ethernet card on > PCI. > > > > I burned 2 CDs from the ISOs I have downloaded, > from > > the ftp://ftp.freebsd.org site. > > I have downloaded version 5.1 of the FreeBSD > release. > > > > During install, I get the following error : > > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0, after which the > > system hangs, no Keyboard access, nothing. I have > to > > do a power down and start up again. All devices > are > > detected fine, HDDs, CD/RW, Display adapters, KBD, > > etc. > > Try disabling ACPI. I had the same problem some time > ago and disabling ACPI > helped. Since this wasn't my machine the issue got > forgotten. > > Best regards, > > -Harry > > > > > Am I doing something wrong ? Or is the 5.1 release > > unsupported for my motherboard ? Do I need > to(groan) > > download another release ? Is 4.9/4.8 a stable > release > > ? Or is there something else I'm missing out on ? > > > > Please advise. > > thanks in advance, > > Kumar > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears > > http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/
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