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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