Re: Cannot install!!!

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Saad Kadhi wrote:

>On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 15:56, Mailing Lists wrote:
>
>>dear sirs;
>>i just bought a copy of open bsd, rel 3.0; and i found out several big 
>>problems
>>during the installation process.
>>
>>Let me explain that better.
>>
>>Basically, the computer on which i would like to install obsd is a K7 
>>based machine,
>>with 3*128 MBRam, MB AsusK7V, a dual head g400 matrox, a SBLive, an adaptec
>>2940.
>>
>>I created a floppy30.fs disk, i started from that, and waited, waited, 
>>waited... until the computer rebooted....
>>
>while waiting, did sth show up on the screen ? how the computer rebooted
>? all by himself like a champ ? did floppy30.fs tell you sth ? where the
>disks are connected ? have you tried the other provided floppies since
>they can handle other hw devices ?
>
>
The disk's an IBM 40 GB on the ATA BUS
While waiting there was the "dmesg" appearing up on the screen, and my 
system rebooted (long? i dunno- i am an openbsd newbie) before the 
classic question "[S]hell, [I]nstall...."
I didn't try w/ the other floppies, my fault... but the floppy i have 
chosen should support my hw....

Anyway, thanx for the hint!!!!


Gabriele