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From: wittlin@sci.kun.nl (Aleksander Wittlin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Can't install 2.1.5R on Gateway 2000
Date: 21 Sep 1996 20:48:57 +0200
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Message-ID: <521dap$luh@wn3.sci.kun.nl>
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Summary: Cannot boot 2.1.5R, Error: C:0 H:0 S:0
Keywords: freebsd, 2.1.5R, Gateway 2000
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Hello,
and please help:

I am trying to install the 2.1.5R on Gateway 2000 Pentium 100 MHz PC.
Booting from the floppy disk I get the first boot prompt, then
after a few seconds the screen scrolls with:
Error: C:0  H:0  S:0
Error: C:0  H:0  S:0
...
and so on until I reset it. Attempts to play with the setup options
did not seem to help.
The same computer boots from the 2.1.0R floppy,
and the boot 2.1.5R floppy disk works with another PCs. The system
is 16 MB, and during the boot FreeBSD 2.1.0 recognizes the chipset as 
Triton rev. 1 and Triton rev. 2 . Amibios is 1.00.05. BROT
The system otherwise works with WIN95. If it would be a hardware 
problem how could I demonstrate it to the supplier (the computer is
still under guarantee)?

              Aleksander Wittlin

hardware problem then how could I demonstrate it to the vendor
(the computer is under guarantee period)?