Re: Install problems on Dell Vostro

2007-11-11 Thread Jerahmy Pocott
On 11/11/2007, at 1:55 AM, Olivier GARNIER wrote: Hi, I tried with FreeBSD and FreeSBIE when I received my vostro 1700 (on septembre), and the network wasn't working well. Network, Some Xorg problems and so on ... So I installed Ubuntu 7.04 witch was the less worth (network/video worked

Re: Install problems on Dell Vostro

2007-11-10 Thread Jerahmy Pocott
On 10/11/2007, at 1:57 PM, McCy Ron wrote: I was able to get 6.2 to install on a Vostro with stock BIOS settings but couldn't get the system to recognize the network card. network. Just for reference - Knoppix, Ubuntu, FreesBie live CDs, and a straight install of Ubuntu 7.04 didn't work

RE: Install problems on Dell Vostro

2007-11-10 Thread Olivier GARNIER
Hi, I tried with FreeBSD and FreeSBIE when I received my vostro 1700 (on septembre), and the network wasn't working well. Network, Some Xorg problems and so on ... So I installed Ubuntu 7.04 witch was the less worth (network/video worked with some adaptations). Now I've got an Ubuntu 7.10 witch

Re: Install problems on Dell Vostro

2007-11-09 Thread McCy Ron
Jerahmy Pocott wrote: Hello, I'm having difficulties getting 6.2 installed on these new Dell 'Vostro' systems. The BIOS is a Phoenix - AwardBIOS and it reports the version as 1.0.3. With the SATA controller set to IDE mode (default) in the BIOS booting FreeBSD will hang just before

Re: Install problems with CD

2007-09-29 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
On 9/29/07, Aryeh Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Depends on the distro (some have broken drivers in the install some don't... no matter what you will probally want to look at doing a cvsup upgrade to a newer version once you have installed it [see the handbook for details]). OK, Many

Re: Install problems with CD

2007-09-28 Thread Aryeh Friedman
If I remember right this is a known issue with some older distro CD's (the boot code doesn't need any kind of software driver for the CD but the install code does)... I suggest either using a newer version like 6.2 or using the install from network option for install medium. --Aryeh On 9/28/07,

Re: Install problems with CD

2007-09-28 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
On 9/29/07, Aryeh Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I remember right this is a known issue with some older distro CD's (the boot code doesn't need any kind of software driver for the CD but the install code does)... I suggest either using a newer version like 6.2 or using the install from

Re: Install problems with CD

2007-09-28 Thread Aryeh Friedman
Depends on the distro (some have broken drivers in the install some don't... no matter what you will probally want to look at doing a cvsup upgrade to a newer version once you have installed it [see the handbook for details]). --Aryeh On 9/28/07, Fernando Apesteguía [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On

Re: Install problems

2006-11-26 Thread Amit Joshi
On Sunday 26 November 2006 05:34, Jose wrote: Hi, Let me start by saying I am new to FreeBSD. I downloaded the iso, burned it to disk and installed the software. However when I restart the pc after the install I get an error message that it cannot find the kernel. I have gone through the

Re: Install problems

2006-11-26 Thread Joe Holden
Amit Joshi wrote: On Sunday 26 November 2006 05:34, Jose wrote: Hi, Let me start by saying I am new to FreeBSD. I downloaded the iso, burned it to disk and installed the software. However when I restart the pc after the install I get an error message that it cannot find the kernel. I have

Re: Install problems

2006-11-25 Thread Mike Jeays
On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 19:04 -0500, Jose wrote: Hi, Let me start by saying I am new to FreeBSD. I downloaded the iso, burned it to disk and installed the software. However when I restart the pc after the install I get an error message that it cannot find the kernel. I have gone through

RE: Install problems

2006-11-25 Thread Mark Jose
Do you, by any chance, modify the bios settings for disks/cdrom during/after installation? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jose Sent: Sunday, 26 November 2006 11:04 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Install problems Hi,

Re: Install problems

2004-03-18 Thread Peter Risdon
Darryl Hoar wrote: I have a computer that I have had Freebsd on previously. I recently re-installed 5.1-release on it as I was going to make it a firewall. Well, I pulled one of the nic out, and have been trying to do a full install from ftp. So, I boot using the (2) floppies. Go through the

Re: Install problems

2004-03-18 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 11:37:12AM -0600, Darryl Hoar wrote: I have a computer that I have had Freebsd on previously. I recently re-installed 5.1-release on it as I was going to make it a firewall. Well, I pulled one of the nic out, and have been trying to do a full install from ftp. Try

Re: Install problems

2004-03-18 Thread Peter Risdon
Darryl Hoar wrote: I set the gateway IP to my gateway (192.168.1.75). Darryl mailed me off-list - passive mode worked. PWR. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

RE: install problems on old Compaq Armada 4110

2003-12-29 Thread Rutledge, Lincoln
Hello, Ok, I have manually tweaked all of the drivers by using the set hint.driver options to match my hardware and the OpenBSD boot disk dmesg, and I am still having the same problem. This is on 5.2-RC1. The 4.9 install stops at the same place as well. I have tried this with the PCMCIA NIC

RE: install problems on old Compaq Armada 4110

2003-12-29 Thread fbsd_user
for laptop questions, you may have better luck asking your question there. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rutledge, Lincoln Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 10:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: install problems on old Compaq Armada 4110 Hello

RE: install problems on old Compaq Armada 4110

2003-12-29 Thread Rutledge, Lincoln
, and Logan lnlattorneys.com -Original Message- From: fbsd_user [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 10:52 AM To: Rutledge, Lincoln; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: install problems on old Compaq Armada 4110 Check the laptop system bio's and disable plug-n-play option

Re: install problems

2003-10-18 Thread Lowell Gilbert
chuck miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I'm having problems trying to install freebsd 4.8 on my sony vaio pcv-rx850.Everything is factory except I added a 2gig hard drive..The problem I have is my computer locks up trying to install and never gets to the menu. However if the

Re: install problems

2003-10-18 Thread chuck miller
Message - From: Lowell Gilbert To: chuck miller Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 12:24 PM Subject: Re: install problems chuck miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I'm having problems trying to install freebsd 4.8 on my sony vaio pcv-rx850

Re: Install problems: de0: autosense failed

2002-07-18 Thread Erik Mattsson
The Digital 21140A chipset is PCI only, I believe. Anyhow, since you've got that output, your kernel has recognised the card. It can't however detect the ethernet heartbeat signal, either because a) you haven't plugged it into the network correctly or b) because the card or cables are

Re: Install problems: de0: autosense failed

2002-07-18 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 01:05:22PM +0200, Erik Mattsson wrote: c) can be solved by adding 'media 10baseT' as an extra option to ifconfig as exactly as you did for netbsd. It's pretty clear where to put that in the Sysinstall dialog for configuring interfaces. Where should I do this?