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Date:      Sun, 11 Aug 2002 13:42:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Todd Robinson <todd@webpath.net>
To:        Fox <foxbsd@gristle.to>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Newbie Help
Message-ID:  <20020811133821.J39078-100000@localhost.webpath.net>
In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.0.20020811113016.00a9b7d0@pop-server.austin.rr.com>

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I have one system (actually two using the same motherboard = Abit BP6) and
whenever I  run it it hangs there also, but I just press the enter key and
it pops  into the next screen. The installs go fine and the systems run
quite stable. (just incase this may be the problem here)


On Sun, 11 Aug 2002, Fox wrote:

> At 02:30 AM 8/11/02 -0400, Joshua Lee wrote:
> >On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 00:22:25 -0400
> >"Eric B." <eburke@intelos.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Probing
> > > devices  please wait this may take a while. How long is a while? I
> > > been waiting for almost 30 mins now. Does that mean something is wrong
> >
> >Probably so. I had this problem until I disabled a built-in NIC. If that
> >doesn't work try disabling or removing other hardware one by one until you
> >find out what's confusing the installer.
>
> I was having similar trouble, and changed my bios. As far as I could tell
> FreeBSD does not like the "PnP OS" enabled in the bios. Maybe a more
> experienced FreeBSDer could could confirm this.
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