From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 20 00:53:24 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 138921065675; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:53:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE6A08FC0A; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:53:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn35 with SMTP id 35so6567127iwn.13 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:53:22 -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=wMMmARDoqPeu0QBLkODX7OE+rH9PAvb/kltYfmrzJFw=; b=OjqbziZIIi2NXjspgJVLQv8GQFgyGxH2dTpaOwVdSMVGEsIwYqfprwCCffGo0eGiJr HS7wwlnnltIfS4qjJ12DzdTSl3/F1opzDB0F0Koh6fjQHAU6tE57nOSjQGsexKll4Ful FxumSWliREOONE5UCm72sJrh/X7FOrIgAcuCk= 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=twcwF5FIN3485EIDGw9zBH8pUxQM+Ggud9MhhYGDsQsakHbZK6umbjMVjS6HNDObz1 0yv7IrcdoKklvHvHczmKM2eOUfxrLd4EaG3fpUIwCxhpEguJKWoVQ+byK1N8eXQBUOgQ AR5jalGSlmW02c+SeMaRQ+kc+0Jb/habKcXQY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.149.3 with SMTP id r3mr6449692ibv.109.1279587201128; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:53:21 -0700 (PDT) Sender: yanegomi@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.169.18 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:53:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <680862.29144.qm@web81107.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:53:21 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: u1IERO0vzhNuJYiE5G-Z9UQyvaQ Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Randi Harper Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Rich , 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: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:53:24 -0000 On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Randi Harper wrote: > 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 an= d 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 i= f 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 > > This is probably just grasping at straws, but any chance your hard > drive is failing? Time to try checking the SMART data on the drive? Cheers, -Garrett