On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:21:43 -0000 Pat Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > I am trying to run freebsd 4.9 on a PC / IDE architecture. > I have one IDE drive and two 3COM 3c90 Network Cards and CD-ROM > The PC will be a dedicated FreeBSD box. > I have installed freebsd v4.9 , using the whole 4G disk which is > bootable and installed > 'Standard MBR - no boot manager' and disabled all the drivers (SCSI) > that I do not use. > The problem is when I reboot nothing happens apart from another hard > reset. The PC then does a Hard reset and the same recursive process > occurs again. No, useful messages appear at all !!! > I have created bootable floppies which I can boot from but I am not > sure what to perform > next , apart from re-install with different options which result in > the same depressing results. > I am not sure what to do regarding the 'Fixit' option as most shell > commands do not > work. > Any help would be appreciated. > Pat Well more info on the hardware would be useful... How far does it get befor it reboots? Given that you went throught removing all the scsi drivers, I am guessing this means you made a custom kernel config, could you post that too. It sounds sorta like something important got removed from the kernel or something... _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
