From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 17 7:27:24 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 07:27:20 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from apoq.skynet.be (apoq.skynet.be [195.238.2.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2474A37B400 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 07:27:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from sky40294 (dialup424.antwerpen.skynet.be [62.4.225.168]) by apoq.skynet.be (Postfix) with SMTP id 38F3D9CC7 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 16:27:16 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <001301c0683d$7286bb20$a8e1043e@sky40294> From: "Michel Van Simaeys" To: Subject: Trying to install freebsd for the very first time Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 16:23:35 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0010_01C06845.B44F4560" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C06845.B44F4560 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear, On my Echos P133s Olivetti Laptop I tried to install FreeBsd 3.3. After = creating the installation disks (I can't boot from the cd-rom drive) I = tried to boot from these disks. This is what happened. After about one = minute the system stops wtih the following statements: /boot.config: -P Keyboard: no - BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 I had to reset the machine to be able to continue. Are there any tools = to detect the hardware that is in the system? I saw in the documentation = on the CD-rom an advise on using the 'userconfig' tool. Where on the net = can I find it? What is going on?? On the laptop the only installed software is DOS 6.3. The bios system is PhoenixBIOS Version 4.04 1.32.1 Cd-rom: ATAPI IDE CD-ROM device driver V 1.58 MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD 1994-1998 unit 0, slave, IRQ 14, I/O address 0x01F0 MSCDEX Version 2.23 See you, Michel ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C06845.B44F4560 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dear,

On my Echos P133s Olivetti Laptop I = tried to=20 install FreeBsd 3.3. After creating the installation disks (I can't boot = from=20 the cd-rom drive) I tried to boot from these disks. This is what=20 happened. After about one minute the system stops wtih the = following=20 statements:

/boot.config: -P

Keyboard: no

BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is = 1.01

I had to reset the machine to be able = to=20 continue. Are there any tools to detect the hardware that is in = the=20 system? I saw in the documentation on the CD-rom an advise on using the=20 'userconfig' tool. Where on the net can I find it?

What is going on??

On the laptop the only installed = software is DOS=20 6.3.

The bios system is PhoenixBIOS Version = 4.04=20 1.32.1

Cd-rom: ATAPI IDE CD-ROM device driver = V=20 1.58

= MITSUMI=20 ELECTRIC CO., LTD 1994-1998

= unit 0,=20 slave, IRQ 14, I/O address 0x01F0

= MSCDEX=20 Version 2.23

See you,

Michel

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