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I have a Pentium 100 Mhz 64MB RAM currently running Windoze
95.  When I try to boot off boot.flp (downloaded twice and
put on disk through rawrite.exe, didn't work either time) it
starts off all right (with the Boot: prompt) but then after a
minute or so the screen goes blank.  When I turn the monitor
off and on, I get a message on screen "Please check signal
cable" and the only place I've been able to go from there is
to reboot.  I have a Princeton Graphics EO15 monitor.

Until I get FreeBSD or Linux installed I am forced to run
Windows.  This is a cry for help.  :-)

Rohan.

:>
:>I'm trying to install FreeBSD for the first time and would
:>appreciate any information from Those In The Know on the
:>following problem:
:>
:>I have a Pentium 100 Mhz 64MB RAM currently running Windoze
:>95.  When I try to boot off boot.flp (downloaded twice and
:>put on disk through rawrite.exe, didn't work either time) it
:>starts off all right (with the Boot: prompt) but then after a
:>minute or so the screen goes blank.  When I turn the monitor
:>off and on, I get a message on screen "Please check signal
:>cable" and the only place I've been able to go from there is
:>to reboot.  I have a Princeton Graphics EO15 monitor.
:>
:>Until I get FreeBSD or Linux installed I am forced to run
:>Windows.  This is a cry for help.  :-)
:>
:>Rohan.
:>

What kind of video card do you have?
Have you tried Linux to see what happens?

Chris
--

Lab Assistant-Backups     Computer Science Dept.
University of Tennessee- Knoxville

If so, have a look at the most recent FAQ.

--
cheers, J"org

Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)

If you perform a manual installation (without using the installation
menus), you are more likely to see installation error messages relating to
hardware problems.  Don't ask me how to do this - it was too long ago, and
unfortunately the documentation for a manual installation is fairly sparse
now that the menu based installation is so successful (for the majority).

Tim Withers.

Rohan Oberoi
<snip>
: I have a Pentium 100 Mhz 64MB RAM currently running Windoze
: 95.  When I try to boot off boot.flp (downloaded twice and
: put on disk through rawrite.exe, didn't work either time) it
: starts off all right (with the Boot: prompt) but then after a
: minute or so the screen goes blank.  When I turn the monitor
<snip>
: Rohan.