From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 12 18:02:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AAB21065678 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:02:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 804FF8FC17 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:02:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.43]) by QMTA07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id RopN1a0070vp7WLA7u22qT; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:02:02 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Ru211a0072P6wsM8Ru226W; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:02:02 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=aOQDWw6vdbZyfdyulsgA:9 a=ag8PEnAp6ojlTd61Z_HNm3AkUeAA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8F5B5C9419; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:02:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:02:01 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: ton80 Message-ID: <20081012180201.GA97548@icarus.home.lan> References: <19944068.post@talk.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <19944068.post@talk.nabble.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Hangs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:02:03 -0000 On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:54:26AM -0700, ton80 wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to install FreeBSD. > During the install (actually at the beginning of the process) the system > hangs indefinitely. > When it gets to the select country screen...it is frozen. > During the boot process, as it is reading all the hardware, it finds the USB > controller OK then later it states there was an IO error and that the USB > controller is halted. I have a USB Keyboard and mouse...so I would say the > problem is here. > Is there any workaround I can use to get things going? I'm inclined to believe the installation isn't "hung", but rather that FreeBSD isn't properly working with your USB keyboard (this is very likely, given the state of USB on FreeBSD -- work is underway on CURRENT to fix these problems), so you think the installation is "hung", but in reality it's just waiting for a keypress. The only workaround I can think of would be to get a PS/2 keyboard and use that. Chances are even if you get the OS installed, you probably won't be able to type at the console (with the USB keyboard). :-) And please remember that on many systems you should reboot the system after plugging in or removing a PS/2 keyboard; hot-swapping only works on some motherboards. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |