Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:09:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Theodore Hope <freebsd@iguana.internexo.co.cr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1 install hangs during probe Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905031209460.20321-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199904301948.NAA07454@iguana.internexo.co.cr>
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On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Theodore Hope wrote: > Hi Doug, > > > > I'm trying to install 3.1-release from floppy and then ftp on > > > a plain Packard Bell (Pentium 75 / 32 MB RAM) desktop box. > > > > > > The box has a standard IDE drive (Seagate 1GB approx) and > > > a 3Com 3c509 (Etherlink III). No sound card, no CD, just > > > the built-in video card and the 3Com. It has been running > > > BSDI BSD/OS 3.x and 4.x flawlessly for almost two years. > > > > > > After it recognizes the initial devices and disk (wd0), it goes > > > to the "Probing devices" screen, then hangs. > > > > > > How long have you let it sit there? I've seen it "lock up" for >30s while > > it reprobes the drives. If the disk light is on and the hard drive is > > working, then wait. > > I've let it sit five minutes, then had to hard-reset. During this time, > the numlock key "works" (toggles on/off) but if I hit, for example, > Alt-F3, the beep sound goes on and stays on. That's not so good. Try 2.2.8 for now. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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