Re: Hang on install of 5.3 on old Presario
Christian Hiris wrote: On Wednesday 22 December 2004 10:05, Ramiro Aceves wrote: [...] I have an older 486 with 24 MB RAM and it runs freebsd 5.3 installation process very well, but unfortunately, its memory does not fit on the pentium. Did you try to move the harddisk of the 16MB box over to the 24MB box and install 5.3 there? Thanks, I have not tried that. My 24MB computer is at the summer house, 15 km from here, and now it is cold weather there, there is no heating system :-( I will look for old memory banks, I have asked for the memory banks to a friend of mine that had got many old computers now retired in an office. He will call me back if he finds some. We will see. Thank you. Ramiro. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hang on install of 5.3 on old Presario
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 22 December 2004 10:05, Ramiro Aceves wrote: [...] > I have an older 486 with 24 MB RAM and it runs freebsd 5.3 installation > process very well, but unfortunately, its memory does not fit on the > pentium. Did you try to move the harddisk of the 16MB box over to the 24MB box and install 5.3 there? - -- Christian Hiris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | OpenPGP KeyID 0x3BCA53BE OpenPGP-Key at hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net and http://pgp.mit.edu -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFByVLq09WjGjvKU74RAjMMAJ0e9n95lIA/xiATevgVvYbcXgmNUwCeIHAc arnCkviYQ7d5LPnoUECscIA= =a0f+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hang on install of 5.3 on old Presario
Scott I. Remick wrote: > I'm trying to breathe some life into some old hardware by giving it a task > of a server. I've burnt the full 5.3 ISO to CD. I can get it to read the CD > fine and start to boot. I get as far as the "Welcome to FreeBSD" menu (with > the ASCII daemon). No matter what option I choose, the bar then spins for a > moment and then the computer hangs. I have the same problem in my old Pentium 100MHz, but booting from floppies. I have tried the hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" and it does not work. Also have tried many of the boot loader options in loader man page, but no success. It is very boring and time consuming waiting for the three floppies to load, and at the end only seeing the last one reboots the computer. I have read many mailing lists without success. My pentium is 16 MB RAM, and the instalation process runs fine in FreeBSD 4.10. I would like to test the installation with a little more memory, as I have read on the Internet that "some people reported to need more than 20 MB to install 5.3, and that information is outdated on the manual". Saddly, it is not possible to get that old 72 pin memory here on the stores. I have an older 486 with 24 MB RAM and it runs freebsd 5.3 installation process very well, but unfortunately, its memory does not fit on the pentium. If you discover anything, please tell us. Ramiro. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hang on install of 5.3 on old Presario
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 22 December 2004 06:13, Scott I. Remick wrote: > I'm trying to breathe some life into some old hardware by giving it a task > of a server. I've burnt the full 5.3 ISO to CD. I can get it to read the CD > fine and start to boot. I get as far as the "Welcome to FreeBSD" menu (with > the ASCII daemon). No matter what option I choose, the bar then spins for a > moment and then the computer hangs. > > I've tried upgrading the BIOS to the latest offered from Compaq's website > (although it's dated 1998). I've turned off PnP, and all unneeded ports > (including serial, parallel, USB). I've tried both the "DOS" and "Other" > setting for the HDD geometry. I've turned off all power-saving. Nothing > seems to work. I've also tried using the 3 floppies... same problem. Try to disable acpi at the loader(8) prompt: set hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 Cheers, ch - -- Christian Hiris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | OpenPGP KeyID 0x3BCA53BE OpenPGP-Key at hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net and http://pgp.mit.edu -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFByS1+09WjGjvKU74RAo77AJ9SPdN8YWFzp0Y6vUfJyu/J/KadtACfYWfi +lZhwsAV4tpv1rtDkdyTcC0= =bQsj -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Hang on install of 5.3 on old Presario
I'm trying to breathe some life into some old hardware by giving it a task of a server. I've burnt the full 5.3 ISO to CD. I can get it to read the CD fine and start to boot. I get as far as the "Welcome to FreeBSD" menu (with the ASCII daemon). No matter what option I choose, the bar then spins for a moment and then the computer hangs. I've tried upgrading the BIOS to the latest offered from Compaq's website (although it's dated 1998). I've turned off PnP, and all unneeded ports (including serial, parallel, USB). I've tried both the "DOS" and "Other" setting for the HDD geometry. I've turned off all power-saving. Nothing seems to work. I've also tried using the 3 floppies... same problem. This is a Compaq Presario 4505 which won't be GUI. I'm trying to get my dad into FreeBSD, Apache, PHP, and so on. This was a machine he came up with for me to set up for him so he can screw around. It should work, since I've used a 486 as a web server before. Any ideas? Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
