Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 09:21:46 -0800 From: richard childers <fscked@pacbell.net> To: Patrick Clancy <clinamen@gvi.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation problems Message-ID: <3AA279AA.5D340F1D@pacbell.net> References: <000e01c0a469$15fd0a40$6339fea9@chicadee>
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It would be useful to know exactly what happens and at exactly what point things stop. It might also be useful to start pulling out cards that are not in use; this eliminates both the possibility of an IRQ conflict, and a problematic piece of hardware. Start with a very simple hardware setup and add components until you find what it is that's causing the problem; you'll be farther ahead on figuring out what the problem is, once you have it localized to a specific piece of hardware. -- richard Patrick Clancy wrote: > I have tried all day to install FreeBSD with no success. I'm > beginning to think that there must be a hardware problem. My system > is as follows:Dell Dimension XPS B866MHZ Pentium III, QuietKey > Keyboard, Microsoft Intellimouse, 256MB RDRAM, 3COM V.90 PCI Telephony > Modem, 48x Max Variable CD ROM, Dell P991 Trinitron Monitor, 32MB DDR > nVidia GeForce2 GTS 4X APG Graphics Card, 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive > (5400RPM),3COM 3C905C-TXM 10/100 Remote Wakeup Network Card. I can't > access the Eratta.Txt or Trouble.Txt, but I have read pretty much > everything else and have gone through the install about 20 times. I > can't think of any other varibles and am down to thinking that it must > be a hardware problem. I would appreciate any information or help > with this. I am trying to use the most standard, inclusive choices > that are available. Although I bought this release (4.1) only a month > ago, I see that 4.2 is now available. Since my hardware is pretty > current, perhaps the more recent release would be better at > autodetecting. At htis point i am just grabbing at straws. thanks for > your help - Patrick -- Richard A. Childers Senor UNIX Administrator fscked@pacbell.net (email) 203.556.8471 (voice/msgs) # Providing administrative expertise (not 'damage control') since 1986. # PGP fingerprint: 7EFF 164A E878 7B04 8E9F 32B6 72C2 D8A2 582C 4AFA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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