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From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Install problems: computer locks up
Date: 6 Jul 1996 23:30:22 -0000
Organization: A FreeBSD Box
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Message-ID: <4rmsue$3fj@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
References: <4rl3h3$136k@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca>
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In article <4rl3h3$136k@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca>,
Marc Novakowski <novakow@ee.ualberta.ca> wrote:
>
>System:
>P100, Triton chip set, 24 Meg RAM, Mach64 Vid card, NE2000 comp. net card
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>I made a boot floppy, using both the standard and ATAPI boot floppy images,
>but neither works. I get to the initial kernal prompt, it pauses, then
>continues to boot.. it then clears the screen and my monitor goes into
>sleep mode. After that the computer freezes and I have to do a hard reset.
Please read the FAQ, in particular the answers to the question:-
When I boot FreeBSD with my ATI Mach 64 videocard the following
happens: when the system probes the hardware during boot the screen
goes black and synchronization is lost and I'm not even using X!
What's the problem?!
and the following question:-
What's the solution or workaround for this problem?
The FAQ may be found at http://www.freebsd.org/
--
James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland
james@jraynard.demon.co.uk
http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/