Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:34:21 -0700 From: "Kelly D. Lucas" <kellyl@valicert.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Dimension XPS T500 Message-ID: <3946A8DD.D9268D46@valicert.com> References: <200006132002.NAA23130@mass.cdrom.com>
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Mike, Thanks for the suggestion; however, when I hit escape twice nothing happens, but I know the system is not entirely locked up, since the keyboard is still responding to input. Are there any other ways to install, without using sysinstall? kdl Mike Smith wrote: > 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 -- 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
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