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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Install problems: computer locks up Date: 8 Jul 1996 17:34:19 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4rrdab$dv@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4rl3h3$136k@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Marc Novakowski (novakow@ee.ualberta.ca) wrote: : 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. As J Raynard says, have a look in the FAQ, but also, try using the same disk in a different machine. Just boot using the disk to make sure that it is not a corrupt floppy. My laptop can't even boot off of a floppy that it has written itself..... -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....