From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 30 07:06:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA18881 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 07:06:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA18775 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 07:05:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-142.laker.net [208.0.233.42]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id KAA28229; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:05:51 -0500 Message-Id: <199810301505.KAA28229@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "Vince Aitken" Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:04:24 -0500 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4862544=_=_=_" Subject: Re: Help, about the (Probing Devices) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4862544=_=_=_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --Original Message Text--- From: Vince Aitken Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:43:23 +0800 >Hi, i have got a 486/SX 25 with 16 meg of ram and 320 meg of HD space, and an Ethernet Card >on the computer i wish to put FreeBSD on. I am trying to install version 3.0 , and i have tried a >few times, but each time i get to the: >Probing Devices, please wait (This can take a while)... >Can u tell me approximately how long 'a while' means. A few minutes. But others have reported it hanging in excess of two hours, meaning it's really hung, not just busy. I sugest you install 2.2.7 and cvsup to -stable. Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. --_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4862544=_=_=_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --Original Message Text---
From: Vince Aitken
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:43:23 +0800

>Hi, i have got a 486/SX 25 with 16 meg of ram and 320 meg of HD space, and an Ethernet Card >on the computer i wish to put FreeBSD on. I am trying to install version 3.0 , and i have tried a >few times, but each time i get to the:

>Probing Devices, please wait (This can take a while)...

>Can u tell me approximately how long 'a while' means.

A few minutes. But others have reported it hanging in excess of two hours, meaning it's really hung, not just busy. I sugest you install 2.2.7 and cvsup to -stable.
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