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From: roberto@keltia.Freenix.FR (Ollivier Robert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Dell PC - anyone got it running FreeBSD?
Date: 24 Oct 1995 10:44:39 GMT
Organization: Herve Schauer Consultants
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In article <46eeik$10s@teena.ludd.luth.se>,
Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se> 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.

Well, as others have pointed out, more details would be nice. 

I'm been running 2.0.5    on a Dell  PCI  (XL-590   I  think) which  is   a
Neptune-based MB with 64 MB and an Adaptec 2940 without problem. 
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