Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 16:21:33 +0100 From: John Murphy <jfm@blueyonder.co.uk> To: Eric Kozowski <eric@routergeeks.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install problem Message-ID: <t7frktgdllog3rosto61bq9h8nuh8tcvod@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <20010711225958.C29759@schooner.routergeeks.net> References: <20010711125918.A26313@schooner.routergeeks.net> <20010711225958.C29759@schooner.routergeeks.net>
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Eric Kozowski <eric@routergeeks.net> wrote: >On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 12:59:19PM -0700, Eric Kozowski wrote: >>=20 >> i'm having problems doing my second freebsd install of the week. >>=20 >> i got 4.3 installed without any problems (i just did a minimal=20 >> install, set the root password, etc.) >>=20 >> now, when i rebooted after the install, the system gets to the >> boot manager (F1 for FreeBSD) and locks up there. any key >> pressed generates a beep. >>=20 >> this system had freebsd 3 on it and worked just fine. i stripped >> the system down to just a video card, pci fast ether and pci scsi >> card. i've disable most onboard stuff in the bios, except the >> floppy and one serial port. >>=20 >> i don't appear to have an irq conflict (though i could be wrong). >>=20 >> anyone have any ideas? > >anyone?=20 > >i tried reloading again with no luck. tried all kinds of different=20 >bios settings, too. > >it still hangs at the boot manager. Did you remember to set the slice with the boot partition bootable? This page explains: http://people.freebsd.org/~rpratt/43/fd_bootable.html John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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