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tim jacques wrote:
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You run "dmesg" at the shell prompt .

  

It will give you the contents of the system message buffer ..

  

The results of hardware probing ..


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When someone is completely new to something it is generally quite
overwhelming to the

majority, I suppose those that those that seem to take to *nix like "a
duck to water" don't

know what I am talking about, but there it is.



I am assuming you mean the boot prompt where you can modify the boot
params, and if so

what is the nomenclature? I have ignored that feature for years though
I think I have used it

once on a live cd where it spelled out the options to use.



Bob, being retired and sort of dinking around at home you should be
able to get over the

learning curve I have yet to. If nothing else install virtualbox
(http://www.virtualbox.org/) 

on your windows install and install FreeBSD and others within that. I
have found the

virtual drivers created by virtualbox sometimes help as well.




Barry




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Subject: Re: [tribug-members] Fwd: FREEBSD Newbie needs help
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6.2 version


Amd64 set

ASUS M2N-E SLI motherboard

I'm afraid I do not know how to do the dmesg.  I remember it had something

about DMA and unable to write to hard disk.  I apologize for my ignorance.

Thanks again for your help.



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Good afternoon ..

Have you tried the " ACPI disabled" boot option on the Freebsd boot menu ?

If so , what was the result ?

Exactly what drives are in the system ?

If there are no SATA drives in the system , disable the SATA controller in
the bios and try it again ..


You run "dmesg" at the shell prompt .

It will give you the contents of the system message buffer ..

The results of hardware probing ..

Tim ..
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On 10/5/07, *Bob Spence* bellsouth.net"><rjs194bellsouth.net> wrote:

  Now that I am retired, I want to do some things just for fun and to learn
new things.




I have a new homebuilt computer that I want use as a server for my home
email and website.



I have an AMD-64 Athlon with 2Gb of memory.  I have 2 IDE drives and 2 SATA
drives.



I am unable to install FREEBSD unless I boot up in safe mode.  Once
installed, I am unable to run it unless I boot up in safe mode.  The problem
seems to be that it cannot write to the first IDE drive unless in safe mode.




I tried installing and running the trial 64-bit version of Windows Small
Business Server to see what happened.  It installed and ran fine but I

refuse to use it.




Any ideas?



Thanks for any help you may be able to give me.


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Good evening .

What version of Freebsd are you using ?
Are you using the "i386" or "amd64" set ?
What is the model of the motherboard ?
And ...

Can you attach the output from dmesg ??

Tim ..

   On 10/6/07, *Bob Spence* bellsouth.net"><rjs194bellsouth.net> wrote:

6.2 version


Amd64 set

ASUS M2N-E SLI motherboard

I'm afraid I do not know how to do the dmesg.  I remember it had something

about DMA and unable to write to hard disk.  I apologize for my ignorance.

Thanks again for your help.



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Good afternoon ..

Have you tried the " ACPI disabled" boot option on the Freebsd boot menu ?

If so , what was the result ?

Exactly what drives are in the system ?

If there are no SATA drives in the system , disable the SATA controller in
the bios and try it again ..



You run "dmesg" at the shell prompt .

It will give you the contents of the system message buffer ..

The results of hardware probing ..

Tim ..


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From: Bob Spence bellsouth.net"><rjs194bellsouth.net>
Date: Oct 6, 2007 3:12 PM
Subject: RE: [tribug-members] Fwd: FREEBSD Newbie needs help
To: tim jacques gmail.com"><netmantejgmail.com&gt;

Tim,



After reading some articles on keeping FreeBSD patched and up-to-date and
considering the problem I am having with the installation, I guess I will
have to go to the MS Windows server even if I do dislike MS.




Even though I have spent 40+ years in IT, I'm just not sure I can get it set
up as I want it.  I wish there was someone in the Greensboro area that I
could hire at a price I could afford to help me get it started but I can't
seem to find one.



I appreciate your efforts to help me.




Thanks

Boob ? that was a typo but maybe accurate

Bob


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Good afternoon ..

FreeBSD  is not for the self defeated  ..

Sure it requires a little effort  , but like anything worth having , IT IS
WORTH IT ..

You can do this ..  You survived 40 years in IT ....

Over the lifetime of the box , FreeBSD will generate substantially less pain
than a win box ..

But you need to do the foot work ..

Have you googled "FreeBSD" and "M2N-E SLI" ??
Did you see the interupt storm and workarounds ??
Did you try anything from my last post ??

Tim ..
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