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From: root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD v Linux (again! ;)
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 01:56:08 GMT
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In article <4q1kcp$1mc@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com>,
 <aks@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> wrote:
>: Gee, for those of us who have been using it for *years*, I guess
>: we'd have to say this sounds like a personal problem!  Have you
>: seen a physician about it??   :>
>
>If you are such a smart ass, tell why the boot floppy causes my machine to hang. I even don't get boot prompt. I run SCO UNIX, Interactive and Linux on my
>machine, however FreeBSD does not boot up.

Please describe your problem, and we will see why your machine does not
work correctly.  FreeBSD is aggressive about requiring CORRECT operation
of your hardware.  Your bios might be errant also, that can confuse
the kernel.  Please describe the motherboard that you are using.

John