Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 17:06:37 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: gbh@clark.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation hangs Message-ID: <199807122106.RAA14740@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980712161818.9904B-100000@shell.clark.net> from "gbh@clark.net" at "Jul 12, 98 04:19:11 pm"
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gbh@clark.net wrote: > I'm having trouble installing FreeBSD 2.2.6. > I'm using a CD with a boot floppy. When I > boot the floppy, I select and save the drivers, > the screen then blanks, it reads from the > floppy, checks the disks and printer on the > parallel port, then hangs with the blank screen. > I've waited about 10 minutes before aborting > the installation. > > I have an NCR53c815 PCI scsi card and an > Intel EtherExpress Pro 10+ ISA ethernet > card. I thought maybe the machine was > looking for the network, but I've tried > installing with and without the ethernet > driver loaded, and with and without the > machine connected to the network. > > Any ideas on how to get the installation > going? > Yup. Start over, but do not disable sc0 when config'ing the kernel. sc0 is "S_ystem C_onsole". Don't worry about it conflicting with the ps2 mouse -- it's not a problem. Everybody gets bit by this one. 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
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