Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 13:40:53 +0200 From: pgr95@ciunix.uc.pt To: questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <9510251140.AA25192@ciunix.uc.pt>
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Hello.
I am from University of Coimbra and I've just got Free BSD package to install in my computar at home but I've had some problems. I have a 386 DX (40 MHz) computer (4 MegaBytes - RAM) with a Maxtor hard disk and a Super I/O card. My computer doesn't have a numeric coprocessor (I don't if it is necessary). I tried to install FreeBSD from floppies but the first menu didn't even apeared nor i could get into the configuration prompt. At the boot process the computer always stop at the following point:
Text=0x100000 data=0x0 bss=0xa00 Symbols=[0x600+0x4+0x258+0x4+0x1d9]
Total=0x40139 entry point=0x300000
After this message the light drive stays always on but the computer no longer reads the boot floppy drive and the keyboard doesn't even receive my keystrokes, so I have to power off the computer.
I would like to know if I have to get a better computer to run FreeBSD or can I do it with this one and what is the problem I am having.
In the manual handbook says that we should get a bootmanger if we are going to have msdos in one partion and BSD in another but I can't find it. Could you tell me how to get it?
Many thanks.
I hope hearing from you soon.
Paulo.
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* Paulo Rodrigues *
* University of Coimbra *
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* email - pgr95@ciunix.uc.pt *
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