From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Aug 3 15:33:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA22816 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 15:33:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from earth.mat.net (root@earth.mat.net [206.246.122.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA22806 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 15:33:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Journey2.mat.net (journey2.mat.net [206.246.122.116]) by earth.mat.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA27819; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 18:33:31 -0400 Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 18:33:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@Journey2.mat.net To: "Lee Crites (AEI)" cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Packard Bell? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 3 Aug 1997, Lee Crites (AEI) wrote: > I asked about this a while ago and only got one reply from someone who > was (politely) questioning the mental state of anyone who would purchase > a pb machine. Okay, I was stupid. Now, has anyone put fbsd on a pb? I > tried just doing an install, without success. It just hangs at various > points (none of the 9 tries hung at the same spot) after all of the > setup screens and fs work, while copying blocks of data from the cd. > > If I can get this box running fbsd, I'm rid of M$! If no one answers this, maybe no one's done it? But if you want help, and you don't give any indications of what problems you're seeing, you really can't be terribly surprised if no one's able to help you. > > Lee > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------