Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:11:11 -0500 From: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> To: "stuart richardson" <stuart_richardson@msn.com> Cc: "FBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: installation problem Message-ID: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOGEDACJAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <F36pEq8hZYNX6Mma0n700006198@hotmail.com>
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Start over but this time remove all expansion boards in your PC. Remove modem card, sound card, Nic card, just a plain basic PC. If your motherboard has any of those functions built into it then use bio setup to turn them off. Is your hard drive IDE ata 66 or 33. The ata 33 Hard drive looks the same as a ata 66. Older motherboards only support ata 33 HD and when a ata 66 HD is plugged in the HD steps down to ata 33. I had this problem where my PC motherboard supported ata 33 and I had a ata 66 HD using a ata 33 ribbon to connect the HD to the motherboard. System worked in windows but FBSD install hung at the same place as you are. Used a ata 33 HD and FBSD install completed. Check it out. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of stuart richardson Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 2:39 PM To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: installation problem Hello, I remain a novice. I'm attempting to install FreeBSD 4.4 from cd. There's no problem with booting so far as I can tell. No problem resolving conflicts. After that information is saved the Probing devices message appears and locks - forever. This happens no matter how I start. Working on it for four days has been unrewarding. The machine is running well. RAM 64, single hard disk 4 GB, 2 GB for Free BSD. Help! Thanks a lot, Stuart Richardson _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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