From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 24 23:37: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from yoda.dccnet.com (mail.deltacable.com [207.230.239.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3702237BCA8 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 23:36:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kg@versys.net) Received: from versys.net (unverified [209.5.131.193]) by yoda.dccnet.com (Rockliffe SMTPRA 3.4.6) with ESMTP id ; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 23:30:20 -0700 Message-ID: <39053BDF.7F320EE1@versys.net> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 23:31:59 -0700 From: "Kevin G. Eliuk" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Yankee Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hey what going on. References: <000701bfae8e$f1bc45e0$228827a2@computer> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yankee wrote: > > Hi my name is Eric WL Richards. I downloaded the two main floppy disk > from your site and spen all day trying to figure out how > to install it. well about 15 hours later I finly figured it out. I'm > kinda slow at that huh. n e ways I have a question. why can I install > freebsd to my HP 486 dx2 66mhz computer and I cant to my 400 MHZ > compaq? I know compaqs arn't all that great of computers but come on. > it wont even read the boot disks. well I'm sure yall know why. Experience says check your particular model with Compaq. Compaq is offering more BIOS support for Linux and probably in that, they can offer solutions to what you can do in order to install FreeBSD. -- Regards, Kevin G. Eliuk Technician | VerSys Communications Ltd. | http://www.versys.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message