From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 2 03:03:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA15737 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 2 Aug 1997 03:03:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns2.harborcom.net (root@ns2.harborcom.net [206.158.4.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA15732 for ; Sat, 2 Aug 1997 03:03:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from midnight (midnight.harborcom.net [206.158.4.248]) by ns2.harborcom.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA09226 for ; Sat, 2 Aug 1997 06:03:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: by midnight.harborcom.net (Amiga SMTPpost 1.04 December 9, 1994) id AA01; Sat, 2 Aug 97 05:52:20 Received: by midnight.harborcom.net (Amiga SMTPpost 1.04 December 9, 1994) id AA01; Sat, 2 Aug 97 05:46:07 From: nightwar@midnight.harborcom.net (Rich Sysop) Date: Sat, 2 Aug 97 05:46:07 Organization: Midnight Message-ID: <19970802.18F1108.52A3@midnight.harborcom.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I have a question, i am trying to install freebsd 2.1.6 ... i have: 486/66 125 meg ide drive, 8 megs ram, adaptec 152x scsi card, reno 2x cd-rom drive, a cdc 322 meg scsi drive, monochrome video card an ethernet card(nec2000 compat.)... My system locks up after the install, when i exit the sysinstall, it locks up when it tries to sync disks.. (if i remember correctly, resave the kernal and other things..) ... i had freebsd setup on a different machine earlier, but this one is giving me trouble.. i am using the exact same equipment as last time, except for the edition of the ethernet card, and a different scsi HD than the current one i am using.. other than the processor everything else is exactly the same.. quesiton: would the different scsi drive i am using lock up the syncing disks? i dont have another hd currently to test it with.. but this happened on a 386 i tried to put it on also, and same result.. i took the inner working out of the 386 and put it in this 486.. i tried without the network card.. i dont have enough room for just the 1 125 meg ide drive to put the whole system on, so i didnt want to check that yet.. but after it locks up, i am forced to reboot, and i get something to the effect of: C:-3xxxxxxxx (bunch of numbers, cant remember off hand..) AFTER i get the freebsd bootstrap.. i tried -c option, no luck, i am presuming the kernal cant load cuz it wasnt saved? but what's locking up when it syncs disks? oh ya, when it syncs disks it reports these numbers: syncing disks... 66 33 [locks up here] any help or if anyone wants the numbers that get printed out when i boot, lemme know.. please respond via email, as i dont subscribe to the list.. thank you for all of your time.