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Subject: Re: Probing devices, please wait.. (?)
In-Reply-To: <l03102808b1ea5690f6c8@[194.222.202.132]> from Jeremy Johnson at "Aug 2, 98 07:16:14 pm"
To: jeremy@archaeopteryx.demon.co.uk (Jeremy Johnson)
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 15:45:02 -0400 (EDT)
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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
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