sounds like one of those problems I had. I simply used an msdos low-level formatter, cleaned the drive and re-installed... I think there is a setting in there that tells freeBSD to install a boot loader (which in this case, seems to have not been properly loaded). On Thu, 29 March 2001, "Trent Shipley" wrote: > > I am trying to install a free *Nix OS on an ancient box that has a Pentium-I > @ 125MHz, 32 Mbytes Ram and 10 GB IDE 33. > > All goes well until the reboot when I get the all-to-common little flashing > cursor in the upper right hand corner of the screen. I know this is a > V-E-R-Y common install problem, but this is the first time I have had to > cope with it. > > In the past the little box has successfully run Slackware 3.x, Debian > Potato, and (briefly) Red Hat 6.2, even running X. However attempts this > week with: > > Walnut Creek FreeBSD 4.2, > Slackware 7.1, > and Redhat 6.2 > > Just return the little un-responsive cursor. > > (As this will be used at work, I have a license preference for FreeBSD.) > > > > > Trent Shipley > > Work: > (602) 522-7502 > mailto:tshipley@symbio-tech.com > http://www.symbio-tech.com > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss Signup for your free USWEST.mail Email account http://www.uswestmail.net