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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.cis.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!cville-srv.wam.umd.edu!fms From: fms@wam.umd.edu (Marat Fayzullin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: DELL Latitude XPi Laptop.. Can't install. Date: 17 Mar 1996 04:50:50 GMT Organization: University of Maryland College Park Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4ig5na$49n@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> References: <314B1A05.41C67EA6@cosmic.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: rac9.wam.umd.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Joe Beiter (jwb@cosmic.org) wrote: : Can anyone tell me why the freebsd (install) kernel won't boot on : this Dell Laptop? It is dog slow in searching out the devices and then : when it gets to identifying the hard disk it dies completely and the : screen goes black. : 1.something GB IDE disk : Future Domain SCSI (docking station) Which hard disk does it hang on? I would try turning off all the unnecessary devices, BTW [boot with -c and then type "visual"] Marat