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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 21:57:18 +0100
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Subject: Re: Install of FreeBSD 4.2 hangs at plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
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In-Reply-To: <003d01c0b267$640e2c80$6500a8c0@halenet.com.au>; from timbo@halenet.com.au on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 10:30:37AM +1000
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Tim,

Finally I feel sane again, finding that I'm not the only one with this
problem. I have a GigaByte dual processor BX board as well where I just
can't install FBSD 4.2 nor 4.3. The same problem on my Dell Inspiron
3700. All releases before were no problem. Nor is it a problem to
install 4.2 on an old Compaq machine.

Unfortunately I don't unterstand the internals of device drivers etc.,
so I can't fix the problem. But I think it would be good to know how
many people actually encounter this problem. It's something which may
well turn many people away from FBSD.

Kurt

On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 10:30:37AM +1000, Tim McCullagh wrote:

> I have seen in the archives that a number of people have had similar trouble
> as I am experiencing.
> 
> Each time I try and load 4.2 on a machine that happily installs 4.1 it hangs
> at the line
> plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
> 
> I have installed 4.2 onto the same HDD on another machine with no worries,
> and for thre sake of it I put a clean install with a generic kernel into the
> machine and it still hangs at the same point
> 
> My configuration is a Gigabyte BX dual processor mainboard.   I have changed
> every other piece of hardware in the machine  from standard NE2000 to PCI
> realteck and intel network cards.  I have changed the RAM 3 times as well as
> the HDD's.   Given that the same machine happily installs 4.1 and that I
> have changed all the hardware except the main board I was wondering if
> anyone had experienced the same problem and found a solution

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