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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.mindlink.net!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2.0.5 screen problems after upgrade (no interactive response) Date: 15 Jul 1995 03:33:46 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 13 Message-ID: <3u7cuq$bb0@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <DBpIH4.Mw4@actrix.gen.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu In article <DBpIH4.Mw4@actrix.gen.nz>, John Vorstermans <john@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz> wrote: >I created a boot floppy and managed to boot up fine except when it >got to the point where the colourful initial configuration screen >was susp[osed to pop up I was simply faced with a blank screen. I Hmmm. That's weird! Have you tried disabling all the devices in the kernel that you don't need (boot with -c and use the `disable' command)? It's entirely possible that the first "probe all devices" scan that sysinstall does is wedging up your particular system. Jordan