Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 18:18:25 -0800 From: richard childers <fscked@pacbell.net> To: pbdlists@pinboard.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot of 4.2R hangs Message-ID: <3A99BCF1.AB6A9E1F@pacbell.net> References: <20010225234238.A36602@pinboard.com>
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Try downloading the bootable ".flp" images from ftp.freebsd.org. I had a similar problem and I found that this resolved the issue. (I'm wrestling with X11 now so I haven't dug deeper.) -- richard pbdlists@pinboard.com wrote: > Has anybody got an idea what the heck I have to do to get the 4.2R > installaiton media to load properly? I've tried on different machines, > I've tried on SCSI CD-ROM's and IDE CD-ROM's, I've tried to boot from > the CD and from the floppies, I've also tried the floppies of the latest > -STABLE, but all with the same result: when the devices are being > scanned it gets as far as the parallel port and then it sits there and > does nothing. The last line on the screen says > > plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0 > > and there it stays. I've also tried disabling any and all devices which > are not absolutely required for the install, but it still stops. > > I've been using FreeBSD since v2.0.5 on lots of machines, but I've never > had a problem like this before. Also all the previous releases boot, > install and run just fine on the same machines, so it should not be > anything with the hardware. > > Any hints eagerly accepted. > > Kurt > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The box said: "Requires Windows 95 or better", so I installed FreeBSD. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Richard A. Childers Senor UNIX Administrator fscked@pacbell.net (email) 203.556.8471 (voice/msgs) # Providing administrative expertise (not 'damage control') since 1986. # PGP fingerprint: 7EFF 164A E878 7B04 8E9F 32B6 72C2 D8A2 582C 4AFA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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