From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 20 01:21:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2982F1065694 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:21:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rl001@pacbell.net) Received: from web81102.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web81102.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.199.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9F0FB8FC17 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:21:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 307 invoked by uid 60001); 20 Jul 2010 00:55:07 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=pacbell.net; s=s1024; t=1279587307; bh=+K3PhtLOnXIuOoBn9AWNwQC9CONNnlU8p2ZlSwHpBzA=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=z9I1obE61tOJtDR/klxpFLaTSEmA4bNqxBJEA2VjBZKsNSfUDRUzx5lyGAwZ08YM6R1jxgtB17WqhwBLsfCimaCZOdquP416BiPI8CIvpO6QenG29L+i7bDs7F4mlbE9oe/8gw/EzxnDhV6Z+QHbTNdwoKGy00HNHpcQlFXqZeI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=pacbell.net; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=BMP0gtp1DhXDnEPZsw9TpR9tY8lPa+cr+F/b5G6Rm3hOzA7idnwulCgFvVM1nk5WVO0kQ+nT7Ql2YvkYsKpAS7nvUO6ym9AfpKxI6D8/IPnb5MHQ/jecXxaCoKRDztxKW5DbASsNCaSW1LzbB+UecgSpXAboIlasTTovABMhubM=; Message-ID: <23516.98335.qm@web81102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: uKaD308VM1kpbBUUfeopiwXx1NVxabIy8TUL1CbGEU2KDW1 H6VZKMmLdO1dFwtSntwSIasA.4EsmCmSDvTQDOZVj4U9xhU1qTuiy1rujQmE CTgYxFmG_q3eA3c8ahZYyw7ZUpQOw1EwEnwdcGC8Ax4ligVigtsWHfKMr.fm kr3L78Sk2zJm2Jtex5RMpwLRSxau8UfeUOVSt3QEn4EhBaN5V7Wj7FLjsLmE ru8STlA1Dyq3NpHSCFrI0MGKkjhs6D2n6RGipay7jPCsM0bwB0P.pdIy2ZaT .JiQdxBEV2mrel3xCu8vE8pYTrn8IGvow7MjVQEC2UCg- Received: from [71.139.193.145] by web81102.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:55:06 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/420.4 YahooMailWebService/0.8.104.276605 References: <680862.29144.qm@web81107.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:55:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Rich To: Garrett Cooper , Randi Harper In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... " X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:21:49 -0000 Drive is perfectly fine. Windows runs perfect on first partition. BTW both drives are doing it, I doubt both drives would go bad at the same time. Windows and Linux workfine. Only FreeBSD has trouble. ________________________________ From: Garrett Cooper To: Randi Harper Cc: Rich ; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 5:53:21 PM Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... " On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Randi Harper wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Rich wrote: >> I'm trying to boot on the 9.0 Current or 8.0 Release CD to install and it >just >> hangs on; >> >> "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... " >> >> I've waited almost an hour. how long is it supposed to take? It would be nice >>if >> there were a status bar or spinning wheel or something to let you know if it's >> doing anything or hung. What can I do to get this to install. >> >> AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core 2.20 GHz >> 2G RAM >> >> Drive: >> Seagate ST31000333AS > > This is probably just grasping at straws, but any chance your hard > drive is failing? Time to try checking the SMART data on the drive? Cheers, -Garrett