There was _one_ thing I didn't check ... I went and switched out the RAM, turns out one of the chips was causing the problem ... Doh. Another 200 bucks down the drain.
THanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "default013" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "FreeBSD-Questions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:47 PM Subject: Re: install issues > On Thursday 25 September 2003 10:38 pm, default013 wrote: > > P.S. > > > > I forgot to mention. I tested installing Windows on the same machine to see > > if that would cause any problems, but I had no problems installing Windows > > on the same machine ... > > Hmm, almost seems to me it may be the way your burning it. Sounds like > something isn't being dittoed correctly. Are you duplicating this under > Windows or under Unix? That may be the key - other then that, I have no clue. > > > > > Jordan > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "default013" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "FreeBSD-Questions" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:29 PM > > Subject: Re: install issues > > > > > On Thursday 25 September 2003 10:24 pm, default013 wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > Perhaps it's the media itself? Look into a nice siver coated CD-R instead > > > > of > > > > > the nifty multi colored ones etc. > > > > > > Seems to me, that would be the easiest and least expensive way to > > > > determine a > > > > > problem. > > > > > > > I've installed FreeBSD enough times, but have never had anything like > > > > this > > > > > > happen before. I searched the mailing list archives and couldn't find > > > > anything of use there either ... I was wondering if anyone has had any > > > > similar issues ... > > > > > > > > I've tested this with a storebought 4.2 version disk, and burned ISOs > > > > of 4.1, 4.3, and 4.8. Each time I attempt the install I run into the > > > > same problem: > > > > > > > > System boots up, begins reading the CD ROM and takes me to the kernel > > > > configuration screen. I can select either of the options, but when it > > > > goes > > > > > > to the sysinstall screen I get a brief flash of sysinstall and 1 of 2 > > > > things happen: most of the time the system reboots itself displaying no > > > > error messages or 2 rarely the system will stay at sysinstall, and > > > > after flashing the screen for a second displays a distorted image of > > > > sysinstall > > > > > > under which all I can see is basically a grey background with blue bars > > > > on > > > > > > it. I can move the selection around, but if I select something the > > > > system > > > > > > reboots. > > > > > > > > The system is running on a p3 733 mhz processor with 384M SDRAM on a > > > > 133 Bus. Motherboard is a Intel D815EGEW that is brand new. Has 2 IBM > > > > 80G > > > > hard > > > > > > drives and a Netgear network card ... that's about it ... > > > > > > > > I've tried using a different (beside the built-in) video card and had > > > > the > > > > > > same problem. I tried disabling one of the hard disks and had the same > > > > problem, and also tried disabling the CD ROM device (it is very old) > > > > just > > > > > > in case ... but run into the same problem every time. The same thing > > > > happens even when using boot diskettes. > > > > > > > > Anyone have any idea why this would happen? I've tried everything I can > > > > think of and am stumped! Could it be the motherboard? Its an Intel ... > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Jordan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Chris > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > PGP Fingerprint = D976 2575 D0B4 E4B0 45CC AA09 0F93 FF80 C01B C363 > > > > > > PGP Mail encouraged / preferred - keys available on common key servers > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > 01010010011000010110001101100101011100100101100000000000 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > -- > > Best regards, > Chris > ______________________________________________________________________ > > PGP Fingerprint = D976 2575 D0B4 E4B0 45CC AA09 0F93 FF80 C01B C363 > > PGP Mail encouraged / preferred - keys available on common key servers > ______________________________________________________________________ > 01010010011000010110001101100101011100100101100000000000 > > > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
