Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 09:21:10 -0400 From: tricotek!henry@uunet.uu.net (Henry Hojnacki) To: uunet!FreeBSD.org!bugs@uunet.uu.net Cc: tricotek!henry@uunet.uu.net Subject: Installation Problems (2.0.5 + 2.1) Message-ID: <199607121321.JAA14558@tricotek.>
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Hello! I have sent this message to questions@FreeBSD.com, but have not received a response in more than a week, so I am trying the bugs address. Please forgive me if I am being too impatient. Having used the 2.0 version for several months now, I decided to upgrade to the 2.0.5 version. During the installation procedure, I experience a lock up in the menu screen. Here is my hardware setup, followed by a detailed description of the problem: 100 MHz Pentium Intel TRITON chip set M/B On board IDE controller (No IDE Hard Drive, floppy only) NCR53C810 SCSI HBA 1GB SCSI Hard Drive 32MB memory Diamiond Stealth 65 Video 17" Monitor SoundBlaster16 Firstly, I have successfully intalled 2.0, and am currently using this with X11R6 from XFree86. No major problems here. I created the boot floppy for 2.0.5 from the Walnut Creek CDROM. When I attempt to boot from it, it goes thru the normal boot procedure, but when the install menu should come up, nothing happens. I have toggled to the debug screen via Alt-F2, and see no surprinsing messages. When I toggle back via Alt-F1, the install menu miracuously appears, however it does not respond to any key strokes. If I toggle to the debug screen and back again, the screen appears updated. I borrowed a 2.1 release CD from a friend, and wrote a new boot floppy. Same problem happens. I have swapped out cards one by one and in all combinations. The only time I was able to get a normally responding install menu is if I removed the NCR SCSI card. The install menu worked just fine. Of course, not having a SCSI card means no hard drive in my case, so the install procedure is somewhat moot. I then tried an Adaptec 2940 SCSI card. Things got worse. The install menu never appeared at all! Even after toggling to the debug screen and back did nothing. It appears that the boot procedure did complete successfully. I have verified the integrity of the boot floppy by trying it on another machine. The major difference of this machine was that an IDE drive was present, and no SCSI devices were attached. Can this be some factor caused by the on board IDE controller? Has anyone seen this before? Will I ever be able to upgrade from 2.0? Any advice suggestion, help etc would be much appreciated. Thank You in Advance, |-|-| Henry Hojnacki Trico Technology Center 24467 West Ten Mile Rd Southfield MI 48034 810 354 5010 ext 317(voice) 810 354 5019 (fax)
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