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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!news.nodak.edu!netnews1.nwnet.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!cs.utk.edu!cs!larson From: larson@cs.utk.edu (Chris Larson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: HELP: boot.flp not bringing up Install menu Date: 23 Mar 1996 22:26:24 GMT Organization: CS Labs, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Lines: 30 Message-ID: <LARSON.96Mar23172624@tyco.cs.utk.edu> References: <4ikbjo$dsa@tuba.cit.cornell.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: tyco.cs.utk.edu In-reply-to: ro11@crux4.cit.cornell.edu's message of 18 Mar 1996 18:55:52 GMT In article <4ikbjo$dsa@tuba.cit.cornell.edu> ro11@crux4.cit.cornell.edu (Rohan Oberoi) writes: :> :>I'm trying to install FreeBSD for the first time and would :>appreciate any information from Those In The Know on the :>following problem: :> :>I have a Pentium 100 Mhz 64MB RAM currently running Windoze :>95. When I try to boot off boot.flp (downloaded twice and :>put on disk through rawrite.exe, didn't work either time) it :>starts off all right (with the Boot: prompt) but then after a :>minute or so the screen goes blank. When I turn the monitor :>off and on, I get a message on screen "Please check signal :>cable" and the only place I've been able to go from there is :>to reboot. I have a Princeton Graphics EO15 monitor. :> :>Until I get FreeBSD or Linux installed I am forced to run :>Windows. This is a cry for help. :-) :> :>Rohan. :> What kind of video card do you have? Have you tried Linux to see what happens? Chris -- Chris Larson larson@cs.utk.edu Lab Assistant-Backups Computer Science Dept. University of Tennessee- Knoxville