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From: mnewell@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: INSTALL PROBLEM
Message-ID: <1993Apr21.175834.360@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov>
Date: 21 Apr 93 17:58:33 +0600
References: <1r42hkINN7lj@srvr1.engin.umich.edu>
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Organization: NASA Headquarters, Washington D. C.
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Did you try the patched 0.2.2 kit? I had keyboard problems (see previous
messages) which apparently were not included in the 0.2.2 distribution kit;
however, others seemed to have succeeded with said distribution...
I also have tried to boot Linux on two machines (one 386, one 486) with
no success. I always get the message asking if I want to see the available
SVGA modes; on the 386 any response causes an immediate hard reboot, on
the 486 the machine just locks up. I haven't had the enthusiasm to try
to find out why... :{)
Mike Newell
NASA Science Internet
In article <1r42hkINN7lj@srvr1.engin.umich.edu>, gou@papandajan.engin.umich.edu (Shiyuan Gou) writes:
>
> I failed to install 386BSD in my 486sx33. Sometimes it hangs after the first
> message, sometimes before the message. Anybody has any idea about what might
> be the problem. Here is the specification of my system?
>
> cpu: 486sx33. 4MB RAM
> motherboard: vtech.
> HD: seagate IDE 210 MB.
> video card: Boca svgax 1mb with Cirus Logic chipset.
> AMI bios.
>
> I also tried to install LINUX and failed too no matter which package I choose.
> I am wondering if the video card caused the problem.
>
> Shiyuan Gou