From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 13 14:34:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ext-mail.valicert.com (ns1.valicert.com [63.65.221.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6902237BC04; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:34:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kellyl@valicert.com) Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON.ext-mail.valicert.com by ext-mail.valicert.com (PMDF V6.0-24 #45901) id <0FW4007013X3KU@ext-mail.valicert.com>; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:34:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from seine.valicert.com ([192.168.2.23]) by ext-mail.valicert.com (PMDF V6.0-24 #45901) with ESMTP id <0FW4006OP3X3M4@ext-mail.valicert.com>; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:34:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from valicert.com (psyche.valicert.com [192.168.4.97]) by seine.valicert.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id MPLXPYN1; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:28:11 -0700 Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:34:21 -0700 From: "Kelly D. Lucas" Subject: Re: Dell Dimension XPS T500 To: Mike Smith Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-id: <3946A8DD.D9268D46@valicert.com> Organization: Valicert Inc. MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.12-20 i686) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en References: <200006132002.NAA23130@mass.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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