Hi! On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 02:23:33AM -0500, kalin mintchev wrote: > this is a few days old. i got a reply saying to try floppies but from the > INSTALL.txt under the amd64/5.3-REL it says: > 1.3 Floppy Disk Image Instructions > > Floppy disk based install is not supported on FreeBSD/amd64. > > like i said i played with bios settings and nothing really worked. > can somebody help? > > thanks.. > > > > hi all... > > > > i'm trying to install 5.3 on an amd machine... > > i got the discs and they are ok but when i start the off the disk the boot > > stops with BTX halted no matter which boot mode i chose. > > i looked on google and i found a few posts about bios issues but non of > > that helped - i couldn't find how to disable DMA. the only location i saw > > the DMA mentioned was under PnP/PCI configurations => Resources Controlled > > by in the bios but there the setting is Auto(ESCD). i tried al the options > > there and it still stops at the same place... > > > > anybody can help?! > > > > thanks....
In similar circumstances (but with FreeBSD/i386) I succeeded by installing one of the previous releases and upgrading by sources. WBR -- bsam _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
