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From: Matthew Stein <mstein@uoguelph.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Install with Mach64?
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 19:27:08 -0500
Organization: University of Guelph
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Matthew Stein wrote:
> A while back, I remember some discussion about problems installing in
> machines with a Mach64 that I'm experiencing too.  I don't remember
> how to work around this.  I also can't find reference to it anywhere.

Sorry.  That should have ended with...

The problems I'm seeing are that during boot I lose all video.  I can 
(blindly) shut the system down, and reboot, but to no avail.  The system 
isn't crashed, but I can't do anything.  I think this has something to 
do with COM4, but can't remember what.

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