Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:29:58 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Tom Dillard <dillards@mpsi.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, ldillard@spd.dsccc.com Subject: Re: AGP Problem? Message-ID: <199801290600.QAA01610@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Jan 1998 21:48:11 -0800." <34D0181B.4C30641@mpsi.net>
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> Doug White suggested I contact you guys. I'm sure you are all busy but > I figure a quick reply give me my answer. > > I have a new DELL XPS 266, 64Mb ECC SDRAM; > video: 8Mb Matrox Millennium II AGP; > drive: Ultra ATA > CD: 14/32X eide (NEC) > sound: creative labs awe64 isa > storage: iomega zip for WinNT > > I'm trying to boot 2.2.5 from CD, first time install. > > Is 2.2.5 able to deal with AGP? It shouldn't make any difference. > After the configure screen (where you > resolve irq conflicts) and a bunch of print msgs (which I'll omit for > now) the screen goes blank. I'm suspecting now that the video is not > being recognized or something along those lines. If there is a way to > correct this (short of installing a different video card) I'd appreciate > hearing about it. What's an "iomega zip for WinNT"? Is it SCSI or ATAPI? Have you tried leaving the system for a couple of minutes? There is a symptom under some circumstances where the system will pause for that sort of period before bringing the installer up. Also, try booting to the configuration editor (commandline) and say 'flags npx0 0x7'. This disables some optimisations which have been known to cause these symptoms. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\
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