From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 3 00:57:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA15265 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 00:57:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alcatel.fr (ns.celwave.tm.fr [194.133.58.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA15256 for ; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 00:57:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr) From: THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr Received: from alcatel.fr (gatekeeper-ssn.alcatel.fr [155.132.180.244]) by mailgate.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP) with ESMTP id KAA14603; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:02:00 +0200 Received: from aifhs1.alcatel.fr (aifhs1.alcatel.fr [155.132.180.86]) by aifhs2.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with ESMTP id JAA10896; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 09:49:10 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from aifhs2.alcatel.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aifhs1.alcatel.fr (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA19660; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 09:51:34 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (lune.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.144.65]) by aifhs2.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with ESMTP id JAA10758; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 09:48:52 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from telss1 (telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.51.4]) by lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA20765; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 09:56:05 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from telspace.alcatel.fr by telss1 (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA14973; Mon, 3 Aug 98 09:44:25 +0200 Received: from localhost by telspace.alcatel.fr with SMTP (1.40.112.12/16.2) id AA193199913; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 09:38:33 +0200 X-Openmail-Hops: 1 Date: Mon, 3 Aug 98 09:38:20 +0200 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <199808021945.PAA26245@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: Probing devices, please wait.. (?) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: djv@bedford.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, jeremy@archaeopteryx.demon.co.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="Re:" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Re:" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, I've had problems with 2.2.6-Release and Atapi devices (actually an Iomega Zip and an IDE CD-ROM) ; I had to copy the bin and src.sys distribs to the hard drive (from Win$$) and then install from the DOS partition (the atapi.c and atapi.h from the 2.2.6-R are to be upgraded) I've already posted a message on the same subject (the search page on www.freebsd.org is your friend) TfH > Jeremy Johnson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Installation question.. > > > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.6 (from the Walnut Creek CD-ROM) on a > > Dell PC (Pentium II/400Mhx/64Mb with standard 6GB IDE HD and ATAPI CD-ROM > > plus S3 Virge card - which the doc's say FreeBSD does support). > > > > When installing from CD-ROM (via direct booting at startup) I get to a blue > > screen with 'Probing devices, please wait..' and then it just sits there. > > (I once tried leaving it for an hour like that, but it didn't do > > anything). How do I get around this problem? > > Don't disable the console. (wc0) don't worry about it conflicting with > the mouse. > > Dave > -- > Sancho Panza: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network > operating system available.' > Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message