Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:32:47 -0700 From: Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> To: Rich <rl001@pacbell.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... " Message-ID: <AANLkTimKa7HceU7NGE29xn7YhIJ4Ll32zB9hKRqBz1SL@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <680862.29144.qm@web81107.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <680862.29144.qm@web81107.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Rich <rl001@pacbell.net> wrote: > I'm trying to boot on the 9.0 Current or 8.0 Release CD to =A0install and= it just > hangs on; > > "Probing devices, =A0please wait (this can take a while)... " > > I've waited almost an hour. how long is it supposed to take? It would be = nice if > there were a status bar or spinning wheel or something to let you know if= it's > doing anything or hung. What can I do to get this to install. > > AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core 2.20 GHz > 2G RAM > > Drive: > Seagate ST31000333AS > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > This is probably just grasping at straws, but any chance your hard drive is failing? -- randi
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