From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 14 21:13:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA22328 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 21:13:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from silverback.gorilla.net (silverback.gorilla.net [208.128.8.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA22319 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 21:12:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@gorilla.net) Received: from ygordial014.gorilla.net (ygordial014.gorilla.net [208.143.84.14]) by silverback.gorilla.net (NTMail 3.03.0014/18.aaac) with ESMTP id sa032752 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 23:12:17 -0600 Received: (from tom@localhost) by gorilla.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA29367; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 23:12:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from tom) Message-ID: <19980114231124.28412@TOJ.org> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 23:11:25 -0600 From: Tom Jackson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install difficulty. References: <199801150129.TAA01965@cloister.beloit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <199801150129.TAA01965@cloister.beloit.edu>; from Tom Walcott on Wed, Jan 14, 1998 at 07:29:14PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Wed, Jan 14, 1998 at 07:29:14PM -0600, Tom Walcott wrote: > Hello. I'm sorry to burden you folks, since I'm sure you get more than > enough messages of this kind, but I've been playing with this for a few > days and don't seem to be getting anywhere. I got a Pentium II from Micron > the other day, and want to install FreeBSD on it. I've done this > installation before, on a 486, so I know I'm not making any glaringly > obvious errors, but... > > The boot disk loads up fine, and then tries to boot up the kernel prior to > permitting installation. I can do some device configuration, which in my > case mostly amounts to removing conflicts, since I don't know much about the > line-by-line device editor. The problem is that as soon as I quit the > configuration menu to let it continue the boot process, FreeBSD first probes > the PCI bus, and after outputting vital statistics about the drives, it > reaches the ethernet card -- in this case, a 3COM 3C905 -- and then hangs, > leaving the disk light on. The only way to reset the computer appears to be > a hard boot. > > I don't know if I've got a hardware incompatability, if I'm doing something > exceptionally strange, or what precisely is going on. I was hoping that > one of you folks might have some clue, and be willing to share. > > I appreciate your time and assistance. > > Tom Walcott > friar@cloister.beloit.edu Did you try taking out the NIC for the install? Tom