Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 15:26:07 -0800 (PST) From: Rudy Gireyev <rgireyev@yahoo.com> To: Aaron Lamb <aaron@linkexchange.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bios Message-ID: <19980109232607.25315.rocketmail@send1a.yahoomail.com>
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OK then I'm lost! I've never heard of such a problem, so I'm moving the question to -hardware mailing list to see if they can shed some light onto this situation. Rudy ---Aaron Lamb <aaron@linkexchange.com> wrote: > > Rudy, > problem with booting. yes > freebsd installed. yes > media. ftp > single disk. scsi > os. only freebsd > > the actual error is "read error" > I've removed the drive which I installed freebsd on and tried it in > another board of the type, same error. I tried using the same drive with > another mother board, different type and different bios, it boots up fine. > > I'm using all new equipment. > > for some reason it doesn't seem to like the phoenix bios. > > ???????????? > > > Aaron Lamb > ------------------------------------------------------ > LinkExchange > Questions/comments ----> admin@linkexchange.com > Sponsorship info ----> sponsors@linkexchange.com > Web Site URL ----> http://www.linkexchange.com > > > On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Rudy Gireyev wrote: > > > ---Aaron Lamb <aaron@linkexchange.com> wrote: > > > > > > Rudy, > > > > > > I'm tring to get freebsd runing on an intel board that can handle > > 512 megs > > > of ram with a pentium II. > > > > Aaron this should not be any problem. Quite honestly I was unable to > > pick out what exact problem was it that you had. You mentioned you had > > trouble booting, right? > > Did you get FreeBSD installed? > > What media did you use CDROM, DOS partition, FTP ...? > > Do you have windows95 on this machine. > > How many disk drives? > > Is hard disk SCSI or not? > > > > In case you did get it installed and you do not have windows95, i.e. > > dedicated disk, the install process fails to create a boot.conf on > > your root file system. > > So in order to boot the system, you have to type wd(1,a)/kernel at the > > boot prompt. If you have SCSI disk then you type sd(1,a)/kernel. > > > > > > > > I'm tring to get the Intel 440LX AGPset board to work. > > > Do you have any suggestions to get this to work or another board > > that is > > > the similar to the Intel 440LX AGPset board. > > > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but is AGP a new display standard or am I way > > off here. > > If it is then FreeBSD wont care because all it does is in text mode. > > If you plan to install Xwindows though then you'll have to find out > > whether they support that standard/board. > > > > > > > > I would like to stay with intel if possible. > > > > > > > > > thanks again. > > > > Of Course. Let me know if this doesn't solve your problem. > > > > > > > > > > > Aaron Lamb > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > LinkExchange > > > Questions/comments ----> admin@linkexchange.com > > > Sponsorship info ----> sponsors@linkexchange.com > > > Web Site URL ----> http://www.linkexchange.com > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Rudy Gireyev wrote: > > > > > > > Is this a dual OS machine? > > > > > > > > Rudy > > > > > > > > > > > > ---Aaron Lamb <aaron@linkexchange.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I'm installing freebsd on a pent. II 300 mhz 256 megs. of ram > > machine. > > > > > after the install and the first reboot, I get a "read error". > > > > > > > > > > I'm using a Phoenix mother board. Bios 4.0 rel. 6.0 > > > > > board # 4A3NT0x0.86A.0047.P0s > > > > > > > > > > I think the problem is with freebsd not being compatible with this > > > > bios. > > > > > > > > > > Is there any way to get this installed and usable?? > > > > > ???????????? > > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Aaron Lamb > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > LinkExchange > > > > > Questions/comments ----> admin@linkexchange.com > > > > > Sponsorship info ----> sponsors@linkexchange.com > > > > > Web Site URL ----> http://www.linkexchange.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > > DO YOU YAHOO!? > > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > DO YOU YAHOO!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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