Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 18:14:31 -0500 From: adam@choice.net (Mark Knipfer) To: interrupt request <irq@stepahead.net> Cc: orders@cdrom.com, support@cdrom.com, info@FreeBSD.ORG, support@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD v2.1.7 Message-ID: <333ff1f9.10115602@mail.choice.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970330145337.8730C-100000@stepahead.net> References: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970330145337.8730C-100000@stepahead.net>
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On Sun, 30 Mar 1997 14:53:49 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
Here is a break down of my system (detailed):
* Intel Triton II i430VX Pentium motherboard with 256k cache
* Intel Pentium 133Mhz CPU
* STB Powergraph 64V PCI 2mb EDO 32-/64-bit video card
* Winbound NE2000 PCI 100mbit Network card (Manufacturer: Long Shire)
* Sound Blaster 16 ISA card
* IOMega SCSI Zip ISA card
* Scanner card for an IBM ADF Color Scanner (8-bit card)
* 64mb EDO ram
* IOMega Ditto 3200mb (QIC-3020 / TR3) tape drive
(currently connected to the Floppy drive controller)
* 1.44mb 3.5" floppy drive
* Fitjutsi 12x IDE CD-ROM (which is compatible with FreeBSD)
* Sony Multiscan 200sf 17" NI monitor
* USR Courier X.2 56k external modem
* IOMega Zip 100mb drive (SCSI)
* JUSTer 300w Power Speakers with Surround sound
I believe this is it, which I can seem to find anything else being connected to
the system. I have tried following the install.txt instructions many times and
tried all install options except for creating a diskette from a current Unix
system.
>Please post the specs of your computer.
>
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>On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Mark Knipfer wrote:
>
>> To Whom It Concerns:
>>
>> I purchased FreeBSD v2.1.7 CD-ROM (2-set) a couple weeks ago and have been
>> trying ever since to install it on my system. I heard from some other FreeBSD
>> users that my computer may be incompatible, which I have found out was untrue
>> and FreeBSD should work on my without problems.
>>
>> Before and ever since that I have heard that, FreeBSD v2.1.7 has not installed
>> on the system. It does load to a point and receive various errors:
>>
>> * missing files or permission denied while loading from the cd-rom's
>>
>> * missing kernel routines or distributions from the cd (filename.tgz
>> files)
>>
>> * debugging mode not permitted to run on this version.
>>
>> * can not create user profile (when the install.txt file tells you need
>> to create a profile for yourself)
>>
>> * system lock ups when loading FreeBSD v2.1.7 which errors stating that
>> kernel has errors or damaged operating system.
>>
>> and so on witht the errors. I have spent the last 1-2 weeks trying to load
>> this operating system which seems not want to load on my system.
>>
>> I remember reading on the web page that there is a 30-day money back guarantee,
>> hassle free. I would like send this cd-rom set back (FreeBSD v2.1.7) and
>> receive my money back since it has taken up so much of my time, and getting no
>> where.
>>
>> I hope that this message is not ignored like the rest of my support e-mail
>> messages that I have written for assistance.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark Knipfer
>> President of Adam Computer Services
>> mailto: adam@choice.net
>>
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