thanks for the reply... > kalin mintchev wrote: >> ok.. i tried installing 5.2.1 from iso. the same pain... >> the machine has energy BIOS v6.00PG >> board version tag is: >> K7SEM Ver:1.1b 09/28/2001 > [ ... ] > > Later on in this message you mentioned you were looking at amd64/5.3-REL, > but > from the name & date of the BIOS I think you have an AMD32 motherboard, > not > AMD64: http://www.ecsusa.com/products/k7sem.html
ok. this is probably it..... > > If this is so, then you would certainly do better to install the 32-bit generic x86 version of FreeBSD 5.3. ok. i thought you can not install x86 versions on systems with amd cpus. i'll try that... kinda new to amd - always used intel. > However, you also mentioned that > Windows > was blue-screening, which suggests that there may be other problems with the > system as well, possibly a bad power supply or the like. will double check power supply... > > -- > -Chuck thank you.... > > -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
