From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 25 19:01:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA28608 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 19:01:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA28600 for ; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 19:01:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA25599; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 18:42:46 -0700 Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 18:42:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Elvis Leegwater cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation problems with Mach64 In-Reply-To: <96Apr25.120125gmt+0100.12764@tmn-gate.telemedia.nl> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, Elvis Leegwater wrote: > I tried to install the latest stable version of FreeBSD on my Pentium 120 > with a ATI Mach64 video card. > > But when I run VIEW from the CD or start from a floppy my screen is going > wild. The kernel is loaded but when , i think, FreeBSD tries to acccess > my video-card all things crash. When you get the Boot: prompt, disable all of the sio ports. You should be able to install ok then. Make sure you install the src/sys distribution. After you get installed, you will want to rebuild the kernel to remove the sio3/COM4 probe. Instructions are in the FAQ. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major