From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Oct 16 21:51:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail12.intelnet.net.gt (mail12.intelnet.net.gt [216.230.128.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 143EE37B4CF for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:51:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genopre (UD2-138.intelnet.net.gt [216.230.138.2] (may be forged)) by mail12.intelnet.net.gt (Pro-8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA12721 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 22:48:52 +0600 (GMT) Message-ID: <007e01c037ed$98128020$6886e6d8@genopre.net.gt> From: "Inskip Thomas C." To: "newbies FreeBSD" Subject: Need ver 4.4 installation help. Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 22:51:04 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0079_01C037C3.905C6AA0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0079_01C037C3.905C6AA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello: =20 I am a UNIX novice! I tried to install FreeBSD 4.4. The=20 results hold some bugs... still. =20 I purchased a DELL L556cx to operate FreeBSD. In=20 installation of the OS from CD-ROM, it found error. I=20 looked into the manuals and found not find either them or the=20 problem fix-it. =20 I reset the BIOS to default. It made the three error=20 msgs on installation. As follows... =20 BTX loader 100 BTX version 1.01 =20 console: internal video/keyboard =20 /stand/sysinstall running as init on VTY0 =20 These error msgs appeared in light gray. The accepted=20 installations appeared in white text. =20 ----------------------- =20 A flash menu appeared with the notice =93Starting Emergency Holographic VTY4.=94 It only appeared for an instant... =20 ----------------------- =20 In addition I received a notice that the video terminal in=20 application during installation was VTY1. As follows... =20 =93You may wish to scroll-lock through the debugging messages=20 on VTY1 with the scroll-lock feature.=94 =20 What is wrong. How do I fix-it? Where is a=20 reference? =20 Thank you for your time and assistance. Tom =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0079_01C037C3.905C6AA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello:

I am a UNIX novice! I = tried to=20 install FreeBSD 4.4. The
results hold some bugs...=20 still.

I purchased a = DELL L556cx to=20 operate FreeBSD. In
installation of the OS from CD-ROM, = it found=20 error. I
looked into the manuals and found not find = either them=20 or the
problem fix-it.

I reset the BIOS = to=20 default. It made the three error
msgs on=20 installation. As follows...

BTX loader 100 BTX version = 1.01

console: internal = video/keyboard

/stand/sysinstall running as init on = VTY0

These error msgs appeared in light=20 gray. The accepted
installations appeared in white=20 text.

-----------------------

A flash menu appeared with the=20 notice
“Starting Emergency Holographic VTY4.”
It only = appeared=20 for an instant...

-----------------------

In addition I received a notice that = the video=20 terminal in
application during installation was VTY1. As = follows...

“You may wish to scroll-lock = through the=20 debugging messages
on VTY1 with the scroll-lock = feature.”

What is = wrong. =20 How do I fix-it? Where is a
reference?

Thank you for your time and=20 assistance.
Tom

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