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Date:      Fri, 17 May 1996 11:03:13 -0700
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Mark Hudson <markh@datakinetics.co.uk>
Cc:        "questions@FREEBSD" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Message-ID:  <199605171803.LAA06259@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 May 1996 13:38:01 BST." <MAPI.Id.0016.0061726b682020203231373030303030@MAPI.to.RFC822> 

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> Hello,
> 
> I have a copy of Free BSD 2.1 which I am trying to install onto a 75Mhz 
> Pentium. I made the boot disk but the machine halts before the 
> installation menu is reached - a few lines from the boot sequence 
> appear on the screen before it goes blank. Ive tried the boot disk on 
> various machines in the office and found that the machines with the 
> Microid Research BIOS fail to boot; those with American Megetrends 
> BIOS go to the installation menu O.K.

What kind of video card is in the machine?

Try disabling all of the sio ports in -c.  (Type -c at the Boot: prompt on 
startup.)

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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