From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 8 13:53:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B057416A4CE for ; Sat, 8 Nov 2003 13:53:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta6.adelphia.net (mta6.adelphia.net [68.168.78.190]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDEF943FEA for ; Sat, 8 Nov 2003 13:53:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com) Received: from barbish ([68.169.105.65]) by mta6.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with SMTP id <20031108215350.IIXI3563.mta6.adelphia.net@barbish>; Sat, 8 Nov 2003 16:53:50 -0500 From: "fbsd_user" To: "Jamie Tatton" , Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 16:53:45 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Subject: RE: installation of BSD 4.6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 21:53:49 -0000 Try stripping the pc down to a bare bones box. Just 1 hard drive and cdrom drive. Remove all pci cards. If install works then add one hardware device at a time and boot system. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Jamie Tatton Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 4:38 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: installation of BSD 4.6 i am attempting an install of FreeBSD 4.6 on a generic machine with an AMD 1800 chip. "Probing devices" hangs and i can't get any further with my install. i purchased FreeBSD 4.6 from FreeBSD mall. can anybody help me with this? Please! thanks. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"