installation of FreeBSD 6.0

[illoai at gmail.com]

On 2/11/06, fbsd_user <fbsd_user at a1poweruser.com> wrote:
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> >> What happens is that I first get a message ?Building the boot
> loader
> >> arguments? on one line, and shortly afterwards the message
> ?Relocating
> >> the loader and the BTX? on another line.  After a delay of about
> 11
> >> minutes, a third line appears containing the message ?Starting
> the BTX
> >> loader?.  I let the system run for about an hour and a half but
> no
> >> more messages appeared, nor did the computer indicate that the
> >> installation had completed.
> >> The only thing in my machine that I think could be ?not working?
> >> with the installation program is my  BIOS .  Here is all the
> >> information I have about my   BIOS  .  It names itself as
> >> ?Energy Star Ally? written by Award Software Inc. and that it is
> >> an ?Award Modular BIOS? with ?Award Plug & Play BIOS extension
> >> v1.0A?.  Its ID is v4.6OPGMA  (the character between the "6" &
> >> the "P" is a vertical ellipse with a dot at its center, it is
> >> either  zero  or  oh ).
>
> > How did you install it? (Two floppy disks / CD)
> > Did you get to the install screen? (sysinstall)
>
>         I tried to install from a  CDROM  set (of 2).
>         I never did get to the install screen.  I tried simply booting the
> first  CDROM  and it gave out those three lines.  Similarly when I
> booted into my current system (4.3), mounted the first  CDROM , and
> then typed "/cdrom/stand/sysinstall".
>
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>
> Where did you get your install cd from??
> If you burned a downloaded iso file, did you run md5 to
> verify the checksum so you know its good?

I missed the OP, so I apologise in advance for the multiple ccs.
11 Minutes to get to the boot loader startup?  Is this a 80386?
If it is, then as of some time ago these are no longer supported
in a default install.

http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/i386.htm

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