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From: fms@wam.umd.edu (Marat Fayzullin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: DELL Latitude XPi Laptop.. Can't install.
Date: 17 Mar 1996 04:50:50 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland College Park
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Joe Beiter (jwb@cosmic.org) wrote:
: Can anyone tell me why the freebsd (install) kernel won't boot on
: this Dell Laptop? It is dog slow in searching out the devices and then
: when it gets to identifying the hard disk it dies completely and the
: screen goes black.
: 1.something GB IDE disk
: Future Domain SCSI (docking station)
Which hard disk does it hang on? I would try turning off all the unnecessary
devices, BTW [boot with -c and then type "visual"]

Marat