From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 19 23:32:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC048106566B; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:32:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sektie@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AB118FC16; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:32:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws19 with SMTP id 19so6573090vws.13 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:32:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0PWcpYQAn6LwaYar13KRWVjXwg5dwITbegd+ZP3gqlc=; b=SzlQ95ZSImkq3yexyAzmz5SGk1y4v/mexJAECYNtkoGz4BUjI9pGlhoVbkWEMl1cUb tefx4aWYkGcnEEXB9YZ27Prs+H0gz5WBPpd9c9ElrwlyfVvbNv8fVdMO6M0zTVd0BnYR VE7Xye7eM0t5SXVTAeiQQ2jGtlWqC37UjiPAQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=IFrglWpBIUfgAjHWDXJFG1k/eck6cZZXP7HKtbI2DQnyqV7T8K7Oo+N5BnwMLdur0B tltAk23VzetfGU28+F/f4BxvxRY52AwpQd/ijIucTSeFMGjgFkyH4H192w9qRRpKqn/I MjsE/K9J1HiOz7ju99lz9uhumM9eOkxVesTcQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.128.196 with SMTP id l4mr3125257vcs.34.1279582367374; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:32:47 -0700 (PDT) Sender: sektie@gmail.com Received: by 10.220.202.131 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:32:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <680862.29144.qm@web81107.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <680862.29144.qm@web81107.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:32:47 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: XH5QtThk1XL44bvgks_2e4cRvBg Message-ID: From: Randi Harper To: Rich Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... " X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:32:49 -0000 On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Rich 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