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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!csulb.edu!info.ucla.edu!news.bc.net!felix.junction.net!okjunc.junction.net!michael From: michael@okjunc.junction.net (Michael Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: June 2nd version of boot disk hangs with blank screen Date: 3 Jun 1995 20:47:52 GMT Organization: Okanagan Internet Junction, Vernon B.C., Canada Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3qqhpo$bi@felix.junction.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: okjunc.junction.net I just picked up the June 2nd version of the root.flp and boot.flp files to try my first FreeBSD install on my 486/33 AMI BIOS, IDE drives, Lantastic AE2 (NE2000 clone), system. I did the rawrite onto 3.5" floppies and then booted. It came up, probed a bunch of devices and then the screen went blank and it stuck there. I looked at Alt-F2 and there was some message I unfortunately can't remember about TIOC???? and the number 3 Anyway, I was wondering if there was some way to control the probing on the boot process so I can tell it to NOT look for devices that I know aren't there. -- Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-549-1036 Network Operations Fax: +1-604-542-4130 Okanagan Internet Junction Internet: michael@junction.net http://www.junction.net - The Okanagan's 1st full-service Internet provider