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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news1.agis.net!agis!shelly.inter.net.il!usenet From: wexler@inter.net.il (Enoch Wexler) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: SOS: Strange Installation Problem Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1996 23:16:10 GMT Organization: Wexler Computer Systems Development Ltd. Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4hd5po$mm5@shelly.inter.net.il> Reply-To: wexler@inter.net.il NNTP-Posting-Host: kube29.access.net.il X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 SOS Fellows, I cannot get through FreeBSD 2.1 installation process (I'm using the official Walnut Creek CD-ROM software): My 16MB 486DX2-66 PC has a Tseng 4000 based video card (VL-bus). During the inital stages, the PC console is normal. However, when the installation starts copying files from the DOS partition into the FreeBSD area the console starts behaving real strange: Though the HD is rattling the progress console display , Alt-F1, is non moving. The same applies to the command console, Alt-F2. Only when I switch between these two consoles I get an up-to-date snapshot of each console. When the installation program asks me, the Novice, to answer a few questions my keystrokes are not echoed. Only by moving to Alt-F2 and back to Alt-F1 I can see my answers echoed. I disabled all the non-essential kernel devices. Tried almost everythimg, I guess. Any clue? Assuming the console driver has a bug. Can I use an external RS-232 driven console to get things up and running? Please email your answer too: wexler@inter.net.il Sincerely, Enoch.