From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 27 10:52:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DA0916A4CE for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 10:52:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n068.sc1.cp.net (h14.rdg.cp.net [209.228.29.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F28443D39 for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 10:52:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paul.brownsea@virgin.net) Received: from [81.168.37.142] (81.168.37.142) by n068.sc1.cp.net (7.0.027.3-1) (authenticated as paul.brownsea) id 409F61CB00135665 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 27 May 2004 17:52:16 +0000 From: Paul Brownsea To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 18:52:30 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200405271852.30472.paul.brownsea@virgin.net> Subject: Installation problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 17:52:58 -0000 I thought I'd give FreeBSD a go after enjoying using Linux, so I downloaded and burnt the FreeBSD 4.9 ISO images and I can't seem to install. I get past the bit with configuring the kernel but get stuck just afterwards, the last two messages are as follows: ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. And then it just hangs. -- "Plaese porrf raed." -- Prof. Michael O'Longhlin, S.U.N.Y. Purchase