From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 3 12:25:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B530714DEF for ; Mon, 3 May 1999 12:25:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA25666; Mon, 3 May 1999 12:25:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:25:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Brian and Suzan Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1-Release Install Hangs - ARRGH! (corrected reply to address) In-Reply-To: <372AAFFC.5365@athenet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 1 May 1999, Brian and Suzan wrote: > Sorry for the incorrect email address in previous header > > Ok I have been trying for a week to get my FBSD box up and running > again. I decided to upgrade (complete reinstall) from a 2.2.? version. > The process always hangs or freezes when it gets to the point where it > is "extracting bin into / directory..." Can yout hit ALT-F2 and see if there's an error? What install method are you using? > When I did the dos partition install it didn't appear to get any > files. Known bug. See the errata. > I am unable to get any response from a ctrl-c or the like after it > hangs. I've done a bunch of reading on deja and the mailing list > archives to try to find a solution, but didn't have any luck. I've > found other folks talking about a similar problem but none of the > discussion led to a solution for me. There has even been a bug report > of a similar issue. The box I'm installing to is an old 386 with 8mb. I wonder if it's running out of memory or something. 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