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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!surfnet.nl!news-zh.switch.ch!svgotcha.ubs.net!svnews.ubinet.ubs.com!svusenet.ubs.ch!usenet From: Georg Wagner <Georg.Wagner@ubs.ch> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Installation of FreeBSD 2.1.5 Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 17:35:00 +0200 Organization: Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft, OKBK Lines: 49 Message-ID: <338C50A4.2A6E@ubs.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc15981.flur.zuerich.ubs.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41815 I just installed FreeBSD from the Walnut creek book (Version 2.1.5). Now I have several questions (some might be interesting for the faq): Q: I have got the version 2.1.5 with the book from Walnut Creek. Should I upgrade that version to a newer one (which one) before running through the complete kernel configuration? A: ---------------------------- Q: I could not install booteasy under Windows 95. What do I have to do? A: Most OS prevent you from changing the bootsector on your drive. So Booteasy cannot be installed under Windows 95. You have to make a boot floppy (format, Option: Copy System Files) and to copy the files of booteasy to that floppy. Than you have to start your computer with that floppy. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Q: I have two SCSI-Drives on my PC. The first contains Windows 95 the 2nd has FreeBSD on its first partion. After installing easy boot on my 1rst drive Icould select disk 2 during startup, but FreeBSD did not boot Windows 95 went up instead? A: You have to install booteasy also on the 2nd disk, because your FreeBSD partition has to be marked as active. (Is there another solution for that problem?) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q: In the distribution there are 3 Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM video drivers. How can I find out which one to use? (My card is a Stealth 64 DRAM PCI with 2 Mb video RAM). A: I have taken No. 40 from the list (S3DAC). It seems to work. Q: Is there a keyboard definition for a swiss german keyboard available? A: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: Can I take the information about the devices like shown in the Properties dialog of "My Computer" under Windows 95 for the kernel configuration? (IRQs, PORTS etc.) A: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q: My network card is a Realtek from Planet. Which definition can I use? (Theoretically it should be compatible with NE2000 cards) And how can I test the card (loopback)? I only have a second PC with Windows 95 connected. A: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- If someone could fill in the blanks please .... :-) Georg Wagner ----------------------------------------------------------------- Union Bank of Switzerland / Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft DEPT/OUOU-XXX +41 1 236 9999 email: Firstname.Name@ubs.ch