problem installation freebsd

[Ion-Mihai Tetcu]

[ please follow up to question@, droping freebsd-hardware@ from the cc ]

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 11:29:04 +0100
marco <grappachecca at virgilio.it> wrote:

> hi to all
> i'm marco from italy
> i'm trying to install freebsd (4.9, 5.1, 5.2.1) on old pc of my sister
> it is a acer 6680 with a mainboard of aopen model S58M
> i'm searched on lists, google and i talked on irc with italian group of 
> freebsd but i don't found a solution
> with 4.9 installation started but random stop during various step of 
> installation and give me an error like
> sync disk or similar

Suspect bad hardware.

That's not the error. That's the system trying to shutdown consistently.
Use Alt+F4 and look for the actual error when it happens.

> with 5.1 and 5.2.1 installation don't start
> please, someone have tips to give me

As much as we would like, we cannot use our magical powers to see what
happens on you screen :). Please try to provide details: detailed
hardware specs or link to producer site, actual error, what does
"installation don't start" mean, etc.



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IOnut
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