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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!emf.emf.net!overload.lbl.gov!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0.5 install dies on boot Date: 11 Jul 1995 01:32:41 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 12 Message-ID: <3tskbp$jsm@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <3treue$957@hq.hq.af.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu In article <3treue$957@hq.hq.af.mil>, Wayne Boline <jayhawk@mnsinc.com> wrote: >I have recently purchased the FreeBSD 2.0.5 CD from Walnut Creek CD-ROM. >I tried to install but during the boot from the FreeBSD boot disk the >computer reboots about 3 seconds after I hit enter to start with a >default boot. Prior to getting 2.0.5 I had messed with installing 2.0 and Can you describe the failure in more detail? Have you also tried booting with `-c' and disabling all the devices you don't need, as per the troubleshooting info section of the hardware guide? Jordan