From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 20 00:53:31 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 9EA2D1065675 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:53:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rl001@pacbell.net) Received: from web81105.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web81105.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.199.97]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 627CD8FC16 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:53:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 42646 invoked by uid 60001); 20 Jul 2010 00:53:30 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=pacbell.net; s=s1024; t=1279587210; bh=XMV6//fjKEoT8uBuLEKNbIq/kyEuskESVSz90Dv6dgI=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=QYFNa1meqZn4Rqnb/DiktAzoPTK3WrpySbjHrKy7rsEXcHI7Jc+OebpCKGpgueQ3Vl6EOajmbP5IYjbdDBi0MN9+KRD6Gkw1Lr4G9OF2S/BOJRE+UMrMFPSHESLOi5h2i4TMw0O1y/JcW7wA5oPjKkFQNcKwYDTtsy92TQI+Vtk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=pacbell.net; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=z62u25waCniyXPh0mj8GUehNu+hIPb3/DxFTGjEOW9vwlQal7UIPesqsHi/AbsTdJroMz6Y+hXYITkPcwXizvhVQY8UsrLC8dF1XF2LAt1midTkPpfpMxgKV7mUg1995Zyje18lR3bpeYeVtnX0h8npltyFwMRAVOz7OKreDTgk=; Message-ID: <768426.41966.qm@web81105.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: xjtZTbwVM1nVMeqi835uXZweFda6.ZX4oq8T28gJV3r6xla WrVKyLDhKIXdXF1KPgMZt6TYD8n7OSiQzX0D2n4MaQleB.2fgkXplFxHejDS ntqh3obYA5qiCrtno.uKRGQ3sVgL_79WbHAjFeFlsUq529_FnIlR4Ji_ZZfn xJvP_8N6LG1awknUQkUeTPgNtLF8s56_gTT4miuoDJrnR5K8.OFZPCa8Y4OM eeWMNyn72_qhEcGPmYmsnhaaFUufg7EAzPw4XlDE5gI9.z6N3A0lPymFtIkg MCIvit1XjGCs80M3Bkp6kx2XX5H4vIsc4HtMQr6pmToY- Received: from [71.139.193.145] by web81105.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:53:30 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/420.4 YahooMailWebService/0.8.104.276605 References: <680862.29144.qm@web81107.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20100719230532.00006ace@unknown> <285052.53021.qm@web81105.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20100720005958.d82c5a97.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100720001627.00005ebe@unknown> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:53:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Rich To: Bruce Cran , Polytropon In-Reply-To: <20100720001627.00005ebe@unknown> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:53:31 -0000 I tried this but pressing F2 doesn't do anything. ________________________________ From: Bruce Cran To: Polytropon Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Rich Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 4:16:27 PM Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... " On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:59:58 +0200 Polytropon wrote: > I would suggest to boot with the live system CD, e. g. of 8.0-RELEASE. > It should not launch sysinstall automatically (you can even boot the > CD into SUM), so you end up with a regular shell. First, check all > the kernel's output for things that look... strange... and maybe you > even decide to install the system without sysinstall (if THAT is > what's causing all the trouble). Unfortunately the LiveFS CD does run sysinstall by default - you need to go to the Fixit menu to get the shell. I'd suggest trying to boot with debug output enabled and seeing if that produces any clues - I suspect not, but it's worth a go. To do that, press 6 when you see the boot menu to get command prompt and enter "boot -v". You should see any debug output on the 2nd console (press F2 when sysinstall hangs). -- Bruce Cran _______________________________________________ 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"