Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 13:55:26 +1000 (EST) From: Craig Woodford <woodford@netc.net.au> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: My motherboard and 4.4 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110031239000.41011-100000@wiz-fiz.staff.netc.net.au>
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G'day! I have a problem with 4.4. I currently have FreeBSD 4.3 installed on my computer. My computer has a Pentium III CPU with 512K cache, 128M RAM, on a BODI PS-II motherboard. I have attempted a clean install of FreeBSD 4.4, but the installation process gets stuck. I'm pretty sure its not the disk, because I have since used it to install 4.4 onto another machine with a Pentium II CPU. I don't think the components in my computer are at fault, because I have since done a clean install of 4.3. I have also tested the install with these components on a different motherboard, and it did not experience any problems. I install from a CD, but the floppy install does the same problem. I'll describe the floppy install, because it narrows down the problem a little more. The 4.4 kern disk does its thing, it then asks for the mfsroot disk. The mfsroot disk performs ok up to the first configuration screen where you can skip, configure normally, or configure in a shell. Whether I skip or configure, the install process continues after this first configuration screen until it gets to a line that sais something like "mounting root from ...". It then freezes on this line. Can anyone help me find out why FreeBSD 4.4 will not install and run on my computer, but FreeBSD 4.3 will? -- Craig Woodford NETCo-op Ltd. Internet Programmer http://www.netc.net.au woodford@netc.net.au +61 3 5722 2563 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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