Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:53:21 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> To: Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Rich <rl001@pacbell.net>, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... " Message-ID: <AANLkTildpskmZUj2mGZS0i89BAl-6BMOg7ZjKeFTaPu_@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimKa7HceU7NGE29xn7YhIJ4Ll32zB9hKRqBz1SL@mail.gmail.com> References: <680862.29144.qm@web81107.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <AANLkTimKa7HceU7NGE29xn7YhIJ4Ll32zB9hKRqBz1SL@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Rich <rl001@pacbell.net> 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
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