Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 16:11:07 +0000 (GMT) From: Paulo Melo <pmelo@fe.uc.pt> To: FreeBSD Questions Mailing-List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Can't install with 4.1 or 4.1.1, but can with 4.0RC2 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10010131552440.21945-100000@contraponto.fe.uc.pt>
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Hi all - I hope this is the right place to post this one. I have a server with a N440BX motherboard but with just one PIII550 processor. The board has an in-board Symbios SYM53C876 SCSI controller, and I have 3 x 9GB disks in it. No exotic hardware was added. I could without any trouble install 4.0RC2 in it (to try it out, some 6 months ago). However, I intend now to put it to work, and am trying to install 4.1.1 on it. However, having created the kernel and mfsroot diskettes I noticed it hang up on me in /stand/sysinstall (it boots the kernel without problems, draws the screen for sysinstall but hangs without recognizing the keyboard afterwards). I tried to boot a CD with 4.1 and the same thing happens. However, the 4.0RC2 CD allows me to install without problems. This is no problem in the media, as it was used to make another install in an older machine without problems. My guess is that is something to do with SMP support (as I only have one processor) but I see no sign of it on the boot messages up to the hang point. Is this support in the -Stable branch active? If so, can it be de-activated? Any other suggestions (I would prefer not to upgrade it from a running 4.0RC2 system, as it is on a slow link)? TIA Paulo Melo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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