From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Sun Oct 12 20:30:21 2008
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D33FE10656A1
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:30:21 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from mdh_lists@yahoo.com)
Received: from web56804.mail.re3.yahoo.com (web56804.mail.re3.yahoo.com
	[66.196.97.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 624888FC24
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:30:21 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from mdh_lists@yahoo.com)
Received: (qmail 99006 invoked by uid 60001); 12 Oct 2008 20:30:20 -0000
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com;
	h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID;
	b=kW2yGgo49jtLYi46t5yPE7/7xLkspFzPYEizdI/YoBzAKFjukZssTZwFYz01ldllkRUNSDZNSDLYJP7fFuj0lLPwjHtw8A2tOKOEIXWHHfKos5iZWug/FpdR62SmihZpPKsKsj/pfGG7rtIi3l9txiKY/zIjhqbPTpE4BkA8B9k=;
X-YMail-OSG: RuVl7SkVM1n3bl5MAm4GyouI6YYGCueUTZxxt4HagpYyvgz6OUT7S0CQI0CTcfP_5S3Ey6sP4pMxwfFu_FEqgv1JoR0wEhrm_jQ983RJPofpe9HlDqjwHJ7e7hfnvzgQesWgZX3BmSMDl1UVretXQeAYUg--
Received: from [71.61.220.126] by web56804.mail.re3.yahoo.com via HTTP;
	Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:30:20 PDT
X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.218.2
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:30:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: mdh <mdh_lists@yahoo.com>
To: ton80 <meller1@nc.rr.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org,
	Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCMEPACFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Message-ID: <772800.98980.qm@web56804.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Cc: 
Subject: RE: Installation Hangs
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
Reply-To: mdh_lists@yahoo.com
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:30:21 -0000

> Yes, you can remove the hard disk, put it in a different
> machine,
> install FreeBSD on it, then move the disk back.

At that point, if you don't need a graphical console, then a serial console might be a good work-around option.  
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html for more info.  
- mdh