From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 19 20:43:28 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92E8E1065672 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:43:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rl001@pacbell.net) Received: from web81107.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web81107.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.199.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4D6E48FC1B for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:43:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 29329 invoked by uid 60001); 19 Jul 2010 20:16:46 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=pacbell.net; s=s1024; t=1279570606; bh=VOGarZPkS8AfazhJNXpQ9DVQXE/Mr7HfC8sgS9hgPUc=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=n2qq5RfFje/9fYNVO81cS9RSuGjShbtie0L2kMtWdF0gCqQjgyUoKyssCd9tvcNjuDUWvqAYFWes8ltgnIDhVs+7Jp9aRItx3k1UQEFF410vXg4xeDk3VkDTdi/zqnvr3oT7LB8I3a1uEEmlmeBKVQ2EjXz32fjuQeAUrs21+so= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=pacbell.net; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=mKS0vPOno0FUYdi+EnKJjE5F2XOttwFObfZELV8eTXjSsq0AuRQGsWZzVMemrVYuu31yL6r/NlTC74SQKmqCh8LW/7hvYCpNgazckspSiAdbOnSF3AAe9L1Ybi5UTRxVEJp/pVnXe5eQIP61l6S5Zk4A4CHRZtkNGg6EfDhsqek=; Message-ID: <680862.29144.qm@web81107.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: Z_w4n98VM1mCSYzUSM0SIBD7MK2kQll3lq3CoBmAtaCD4_v 0lizpg9dVPiaVULSOQ0ADGpyV7qLx0K43O1ZEjrHAnHbYp9CK3GIgpsrcxBV a4aJczXxJylfI3jqs1M4bv50OtJr7GWI72sgkIIhSFFE8LQloThR5ppkkiQH ygO6NB80.ahkZOCACq3a.KbuVUKzKYj.qKNBgZutpjlfArtE7zN8r6mzvKTy 5Tz98BnMuyvv7dX1K134QcJASZuuAOwyd0doJHRySROpl0n.4DAKLHqwPlwU - Received: from [71.139.193.145] by web81107.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:16:46 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/420.4 YahooMailWebService/0.8.104.276605 Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:16:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Rich To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... " X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:43:28 -0000 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