From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 1 06:02:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA02366 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 06:02:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from postman.eglin.af.mil (postman.eglin.af.mil [129.61.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA02361 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 06:02:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Bind@vxnt2.eglin.af.mil) Received: from vxnt2.eglin.af.mil (vxnt2.eglin.af.mil [129.61.72.248]) by postman.eglin.af.mil (8.8.8/8.6.9) with ESMTP id IAA28655 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 08:02:24 -0600 (CST) Received: by vxnt2.eglin.af.mil with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 08:03:31 -0600 Message-ID: <5ABD39FE806CD111B42B0000F803DE394C6842@vxnt2.eglin.af.mil> From: "Bindemann, Alan C." To: "'Doug White'" , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: 2.2.5 sysinstall hangs on Dell XPS 300 Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 08:03:30 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="---- =_NextPart_001_01BD5D76.F3725F48" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------ =_NextPart_001_01BD5D76.F3725F48 Content-Type: text/plain > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug White [SMTP:dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu] > Sent: Monday, March 30, 1998 5:44 PM > To: Bindemann, Alan (AC) > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: 2.2.5 sysinstall hangs on Dell XPS 300 > > On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Bindemann, Alan (AC) wrote: > > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.5 on a Dell Dimension XPS 300Mhz > > Pentium II machine. The machine boots from the CD-ROM, goes through > > the list of devices, and seems to hang when sysintall starts, > leaving me > > > > with > > a blank screen and the cursor in the lower left corner. > > Try pulling the CDROM or Zip drive out, if you have one. > > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking > Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > [Bindemann, Alan C.] Thanks for the info, the machine in question has a internal IDE zip drive so I suspect it is the source of the problem. Assuming the zip drive is responsible, is this problem restricted to intstallation only, or will it have to be disconnected each time we want to run FreeBSD? If you can point me to a source of more information on this problem I would be grateful. Has it been fixed in 2.2.6? Thanks, Alan Bindemann ------ =_NextPart_001_01BD5D76.F3725F48 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: 2.2.5 sysinstall hangs on Dell XPS 300

    -----Original Message-----
    From:   Doug White [SMTP:dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu]
    Sent:   Monday, March 30, 1998 5:44 PM
    To:     Bindemann, Alan (AC)
    Cc:     freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
    Subject:       = Re: 2.2.5 sysinstall hangs on Dell = XPS 300

    On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Bindemann, Alan = (AC) wrote:

    > I am trying to install FreeBSD = 2.2.5 on a Dell Dimension XPS 300Mhz
    > Pentium II machine.  The = machine boots from the CD-ROM, goes through
    > the list of devices, and seems = to hang when sysintall starts, leaving me
    >
    > with
    > a blank screen and the cursor in = the lower left corner.

    Try pulling the CDROM or Zip drive = out, if you have one. 


    Doug = White           &= nbsp;           &= nbsp;      | University of Oregon  =
    Internet:  = dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking = Assistant
    http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science = Major

    [Bindemann, = Alan C.] 

    Thanks for the info, = the machine in question has a internal IDE zip
    drive so I suspect = it is the source of the problem.

    Assuming the zip = drive is responsible, is this problem restricted to
    intstallation only, = or will it have to be disconnected each time we want
    to run = FreeBSD?  If you can point me to a source of more information on =
    this problem I = would be grateful.  Has it been fixed in 2.2.6?

    Thanks,
    Alan = Bindemann

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