Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:37:25 -0500 From: "Josh Klein" <lw_jklein@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Installing from CDROM - No Baton? Message-ID: <BAY20-F1881150F99A64F7538186B84400@phx.gbl>
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Hello - I'm new to FreeBSD, but I'm following the installation instructions from The Complete FreeBSD. I checked the archives of this list, but can not find reference to this issue. I'm trying to install 5.3 - but when I boot from the CD-ROM, I do not get the expected swirling baton. Instead, I get a collection of symbols (including some common letters and numbers, some not) that "rotate" much in the way the swirling baton would, were it there. These characters appear 4-5 lines above the blinking _ at the bottom of the screen, and several tabs in. This persists for 30+ minutes and does not show any signs of abating. I am installing it over an installation of WinXP (intending to completely wipe all my data). Is this normal? Any ideas? Thank You, LWhome | help
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