Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 12:59:17 +0100 (BST) From: jake@ibmPCUG.CO.UK To: Paulo Wollny Jr <Paulo.Wollny%pmlgate@ax.apc.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: AWARD Bios (was: ) Message-ID: <9505181259.aa14854@kate.ibmpcug.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199505171209.AA10898@pmlgate.pml.com.br> from "Paulo Wollny Jr" at May 17, 95 08:09:10 am
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> I got a Pentium motherboard with AWARD BIOS and an Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI > adapter. > When I try to install FreeBSD on this new system, the standard boot message > appears, I hit <ENTER>, it begins to load, and after 3 seconds the machine > reboots. I have the same problem. 2 computers both are Award BIOS, 1 is a pentium and 1 is 486/DX2 Vesa The installation of 950322 and earlier revealed that problem on both. 950412 installed nicley on the Pentium but the 486 still reboots while the "|/-\" thingy rotates, (after the cpio disk is taken out to do a reboot from hard disk) I think it must be a problem to do with the interaction with Award Bios as Ami Bios computers that I have installed on are fine. I also had the problem (on both machines) of the floppies booting blind and then causing a freeze, I got round that by booting a NetBSD floppy! and very quickly at the "Boot: " prompt switching disks to freebsd and typing "kernel" :-) Regards, -- Jake Dias jake@ibmpcug.co.uk ...!ibmpcug!jake My PGP Key? - finger jake@ibmpcug.co.uk or email with Subject: get pgp key
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