Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:15:37 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: ton80 <meller1@nc.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Hangs Message-ID: <20081012181537.GA97846@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <19944188.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <19944068.post@talk.nabble.com> <20081012180201.GA97548@icarus.home.lan> <19944188.post@talk.nabble.com>
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On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 11:08:50AM -0700, ton80 wrote: > Jeremy Chadwick-3 wrote: > > 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 | > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Ah...if only it were that easy! > My system does not have PS2 connectors...only USB. > So if I cannot get the USB working....I cannot use FreeBSD. In this case, correct. > Would OpenBSD give me the same problems I wonder? I don't know what the state of OpenBSD's USB stack is, and the last time I encountered NetBSD's USB stack was 7 years ago (not so pleasant results). -- | 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 |
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