From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 13 3:58:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from nw128.netaddress.usa.net (nw128.netaddress.usa.net [204.68.24.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BB78F37B50C for ; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:58:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joshua.ej.smith@usa.net) Received: (qmail 24120 invoked by uid 60001); 13 Apr 2001 10:58:36 -0000 Message-ID: <20010413105836.24119.qmail@nw128.netaddress.usa.net> Received: from 204.68.24.28 by nw128 for [12.86.0.87] via web-mailer(34FM.0700.16A.01) on Fri Apr 13 10:58:36 GMT 2001 Date: 13 Apr 2001 04:58:36 MDT From: Joshua Smith To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: new install hangs when making root partition X-Mailer: USANET web-mailer (34FM.0700.16A.01) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i'm using sysinstall, and when i commit, it says that it is creating the = root directory, but it just hangs there, about 3 hours so far, with the hdd li= ght on, but the hardrives aren't doing anything. i am installing from a pion= eer ide dvd-rom (i have also tried using my hp cdr drive, same thing) to a ma= xtor udma66 drive. i've rtfm, but am unable to find anything similar, or a solution. alt-f2 or alt-f4 don't do anything, so i cannot say if i am getting any errors. thanks in advance joshua Joshua Smith, CCNA Data Center Technian USA.NET joshua.smith@corp.usa.net "Walk with me through the Universe, And along the way see how all of us are Connected. Feast the eyes of your Soul, On the Love that abounds. In all places at once, seemingly endless, Like your own existence." - Stephen Hawking - ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=3D= 1 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message