Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:08:22 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Ivan Samuelson <bolski@netexp.net>, bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 3.1 on HP Vectra VL 6 Series 7 DT Message-ID: <3727BF16.14A8188A@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9904280836570.22026-100000@phobos.samuelson.com>
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Ivan Samuelson wrote: > > Well, I brought in another drive that I scavanged from my old hardware pile at > home and put it into the Vectra VL. No dice. Apparently, it's a BIOS or disk > controller problem with the Vectra VL 6 Series 7 DT computers or else, I have a > faulty PC. I guess I'm out of luc and will have to purchase a CDROM that allows > me to boot off of because I have no other option at this time unless someone > else has a solution. The BIOS is a Phoenix 6.0.0 BIOS, so I'm not sure if that's > part of the problem or not. I'm thinking of reflashing the BIOS with a newer > version. > > I hope this problem gets fixed in the next release if it IS a FreeBSD problem. Did I not reply? Mmmm... I thought either Mike Smith or Robert Nordier would follow up on this. Anyway, at some point there was such a problem with the loader (well, actually, the BIOS). It should *NOT* be a problem with present versions of it. Could you try download the installations disks for a recent stable snapshot? -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "Proof of Trotsky's farsightedness if that _none_ of his predictions have come true yet." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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