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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!dialup-10-a-3 From: nels0988@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Jon Nelson) Subject: Re: Dell PC - anyone got it running FreeBSD? Message-ID: <DGwx4K.4Lp@news.cis.umn.edu> Keywords: dell Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: dialup-10-a-3.gw.umn.edu Organization: University of Minnesota X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 References: <46eeik$10s@teena.ludd.luth.se> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 17:47:42 GMT Lines: 20 In article <46eeik$10s@teena.ludd.luth.se>, ragge@ludd.luth.se (Anders Magnusson) wrote: >I have tried to boot the FreeBSD install floppy on a Dell PC >totally without success. Just nothing happens, it only locks >up without saying anything. >Yes, the floppy boots on other machines. >And yes, the floppy drive works booting DOS. > >Anyone have any suggestions??? > > Yes, I own a Dell PC and have been running FreeBSD for some time now. Which Dell might you have and what version of FreeBSD? What other information could you give? Jon Nelson nels0988@maroon.tc.umn.edu "Never try to write to ROM - it wastes your time and annoys the ROM."