From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 18 18:09:23 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E941E16A419 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:09:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.78.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A33A313C447 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:09:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 4B90B2844C; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:51:40 -0500 (EST) To: "Nilesh Bedekar" References: From: Lowell Gilbert Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:51:40 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Nilesh Bedekar's message of "Wed\, 16 Jan 2008 13\:41\:33 +0530") Message-ID: <44y7anauoj.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Installation freezes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:09:24 -0000 "Nilesh Bedekar" writes: > I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.2 on my system with the following > configuration : > Intel Core2Duo 2.00 GHz > Intel 945 Mother Board > 1GB DDR2 Ram (Transcend) > 160 GB SATA Western Digital Hard Drive > Sony DVD-RW (IDE) > Realtek RTL 8168 10/100 On-Board Ethernet Controller > Realtek High Definition Audio (On-Board) > > When I boot using the FreeBSD_Install disc (Disc-1) the system goes to > Welcome to FreeBSD and if I let it take the default choice of 1 then it goes > through the Device Probing and then freezes at the following line > md0:Preloaded Image 4423680 bytes at a hex address. > Nothing happens after this and the system comes to a stand still. > I would be really greatful if you resolve my issue or give me any advise > that would help me to get around this issue. Have you tried letting it boot in the "safe" (I think that's what it's called...) mode?