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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sgi.com!news-out.microserve.net!news-in.microserve.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-2.sprintlink.net!news.rain.org!usenet From: will@qsc.com (Will Leong) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: 2.1.5 Installation problem with on-board 7850 with 32MB EDO RAM Date: 4 Sep 1996 17:23:36 GMT Organization: Quadron Service Corporation Lines: 12 Message-ID: <50kduo$itm@news.rain.org> Reply-To: will@qsc.com (Will Leong) NNTP-Posting-Host: @eng08.qsc.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.02 I have a IWILL motherboard w/ 133MHz Pentium, on-board Adaptec 7850 with 32 MB EDO ram (2-16MB) The boot disk did note all devices and motherboard components; however, when the installation screen appears, unknown characters appear which offset the installation window and make it too difficult to install. I suspect either the memory is bad which passed a memory test or I need to re-compile the kernel? I threw in 2-8MB EDO and it worked OK. Will