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From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.technion.ac.il>
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Subject: FreeBSD Install hangs when copying files.
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I have a DEC Venturis 5100, 32MB RAM, two EIDE disks (one as wd0, the 
other wd2), and an EIDE CDROM (on the first controller).

I used to have Win95 and FreeBSD-2.1.0R on it. About two weeks ago, Win95 
crashed real bad, and the BIOS said I have to reconfigure the system. 
After resetting almost all BIOS settings to default, I got Win95 to boot, 
but FreeBSD wouldn't.

I am now reinstalling FreeBSD (after removing the old partitions) and the
machine hangs dead after copying about 10% of bin with the drive light on. 
The output vty doesn't show any errors, and the sysmptoms are the same
both for CDROM installation and MSDOS-partition installation. I tried 
installting it as  a second partition on the same disk with Win95, or on 
a disk of its own. No luck both ways.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Nadav