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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!mozz.unh.edu!toto.plymouth.edu!oz.plymouth.edu!not-for-mail From: ted@oz.plymouth.edu (Ted Wisniewski) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Dell PC - anyone got it running FreeBSD? Date: 23 Oct 1995 22:07:37 -0400 Organization: Plymouth State College - Plymouth, NH. Lines: 14 Message-ID: <46hhp9$8ah@oz.plymouth.edu> References: <46eeik$10s@teena.ludd.luth.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: oz.plymouth.edu Keywords: dell In article <46eeik$10s@teena.ludd.luth.se> ragge@ludd.luth.se (Anders Magnusson) writes: >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??? I have one suggestion for you.... Please give more information about your computer! DELL make more than one line of computer, which one are you using? What kind of BUS does it have? ISA/EISA/..... More info is needed. I have a DELL Omniplex (EISA/PSC/SCSI) running with no problem.