Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 15:45:02 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: jeremy@archaeopteryx.demon.co.uk (Jeremy Johnson) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Probing devices, please wait.. (?) Message-ID: <199808021945.PAA26245@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <l03102808b1ea5690f6c8@[194.222.202.132]> from Jeremy Johnson at "Aug 2, 98 07:16:14 pm"
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Jeremy Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > Installation question.. > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.6 (from the Walnut Creek CD-ROM) on a > Dell PC (Pentium II/400Mhx/64Mb with standard 6GB IDE HD and ATAPI CD-ROM > plus S3 Virge card - which the doc's say FreeBSD does support). > > When installing from CD-ROM (via direct booting at startup) I get to a blue > screen with 'Probing devices, please wait..' and then it just sits there. > (I once tried leaving it for an hour like that, but it didn't do > anything). How do I get around this problem? Don't disable the console. (wc0) don't worry about it conflicting with the mouse. Dave -- Sancho Panza: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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