Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 18:42:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Elvis Leegwater <E.Leegwater@Telemedia.nl> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation problems with Mach64 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960425184129.24773F-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <96Apr25.120125gmt%2B0100.12764@tmn-gate.telemedia.nl>
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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
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