From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 13 12:58:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (adsl-63-206-88-224.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.206.88.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB4C137B8F4 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:58:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA23130; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:02:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200006132002.NAA23130@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "Kelly D. Lucas" Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Dimension XPS T500 In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:18:47 PDT." <39468916.54102746@valicert.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:02:35 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If this is what I think it is, it's an odd bug in sysinstall. Go back to the "probing devices" screen and hit escape twice and wait a couple of seconds. It should ask you whether you want to cancel the installation - say no and you should be in business. > I broke out a spare Dell Dimension XPS T500 today, and decided to throw > FreeBSD 3.4 on it. It has the following major components: > > PIII 500mhz > 128 mb Ram > nVidia Riva TNT2 Ultra VGA > 48x CDRom > 3Com 3c905c-TX > > The install seems to go along fine, but then, while probing devices, it > seems to freeze. > > The last thing on the debug screen is: > =========================== > DEBUB: ioctl(3, TIOCCONS, NULL) = 0 (success) > rm: not found > DEBUG: Found a network device named xl0 > DEBUB: Found a network device named lp0 > ================================ > > I'm a big fan of FreeBSD, but our company is primarily a Dell shop, and > this one really has me puzzled. > > Any ideas? > > kdl > > > > -- > Kelly D. Lucas | Valicert Inc. > Systems Administrator | "Securing e-Transactions" > kdl@valicert.com | http://www.valicert.com/ > 650-567-5404 | 650-567-5400 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message