Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 16:38:04 +0200 From: Cynic <cynic@mail.cz> To: <burningclown@westhost43.westhost.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: install of FreeBSD 4.3 hangs Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20010605163654.0200ee48@mail.cz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106050921440.30540-100000@westhost43.westho st.com>
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hi there, the F2 screen is tty2, the stderr of /stand/sysinstall goes there (stdout to tty1). At 16:30 5.6. 2001, burningclown@westhost43.westhost.com wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >Hi, > >I received my 4.3 CD set a few days ago ... have been waiting to place it >'next to' my Debian GNU/Linux installation for weeks now ... fwiw, I am >new to FreeBSD. > >Preparation (resizing partitions, etc) went flawlessly, but I have twice >had the install hang interminably when trying to install >XFree86-Server-4.0.3_1. Here is what I get: > >"Adding packages/All/XFree86-Server-4.0.3_1.tgz from acd0c" > >"Package XFree86-Server-4.0.3_1 read successfully - waiting for >pkg_add(1)" > > >... the second time this happened I just let it sit all night in the hopes >that something was just taking a long time. No dice. > >I searched the list archives and it appears this -has- come up before (tho >with the 4.0.1 version of this package) ... the previous post-er was asked >"What shows on the F2 screen." > >SO - what I'd like to know before I slog through the whole process again, >only to arrive at a hung up screen, is: what is the F2 screen? I'm >assuming it's something that pops up when you press F2! I must have missed >reading something ... > >Also, given that this is not an unknown problem, can someone give me a >hint (a guess, I guess) as to what might be hanging up the system here? Do >I have defective CDs? > >Thanks in advance for any light shed on this. > >Best, > >Glenn Becker > >+----------------+ >http://www.burningclown.com >"Everyone's Portal to Nothing At All" >+----------------+ > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------end of quote------ cynic@mail.cz ------------- And the eyes of them both were opened and they saw that their files were world readable and writable, so they chmoded 600 their files. - Book of Installation chapt 3 sec 7 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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