Re: Cannot start install cd of 6.2-R at all

Artem Kuchin wrote:
Hello!

I am having a VERY weird problem.

The pc config is:

1) Celeron 1+ GHZ
2) Intel PCI ethernet nic
3) Fasttrak TX2000 raid + 2 mirrored disks (seagate 80gb)
4) teac dvd driver
5) 512 MB ram
6) Chaintech montherboard (old one)

also tried on gigabyte motherboard

I insert boot cd and when it starts loading a get a dump
of cpu register scrolling crazy on the screen.

If i delete TX2000 the installer loads fine.

Any idea what is happening and how to SOLVE it?



I have seen this with a Tyan PIII board + TX2000. In my case re-trying the boot from cd several times would *eventually* get a working installer session. (If you search the archives you'll see several cases of folks encountering this). Unfortunately I don't know of any solution.

A (tedious) workaround (in case repeated attempts always fail for you), is to install a minimal system off an earlier version of FreeBSD and run the installer off the installed system - or just src upgrade to the version you want. I found that the 4.x, 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2 cd's all worked fine - but 5.3 onwards and 6.x would register dump.

Cheers

Mark
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