Installing from CDROM - No Baton?
From: Josh Klein (lw_jklein_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/24/05
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To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:37:25 -0500
Hello - I'm new to FreeBSD, but I'm following the installation instructions
from The Complete FreeBSD. I checked the archives of this list, but can not
find reference to this issue.
I'm trying to install 5.3 - but when I boot from the CD-ROM, I do not get
the expected swirling baton. Instead, I get a collection of symbols
(including some common letters and numbers, some not) that "rotate" much in
the way the swirling baton would, were it there. These characters appear 4-5
lines above the blinking _ at the bottom of the screen, and several tabs in.
This persists for 30+ minutes and does not show any signs of abating. I am
installing it over an installation of WinXP (intending to completely wipe
all my data).
Is this normal? Any ideas?
Thank You,
LW
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