From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 10 13:13:23 2002 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 DB91D37B401; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 13:13:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vectors.cx (manifold.vectors.cx [64.163.147.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E8D443EC2; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 13:12:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: from vectors.cx (414908e20d89c8566c7c2e0ac2b0454c@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vectors.cx (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g7AKCJ2e009258; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 13:12:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: (from monkey@localhost) by vectors.cx (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g7AKCJkm009257; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 13:12:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey) Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 13:12:19 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger To: "Eric B." Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Newbie Help Message-ID: <20020810201219.GB2818@vectors.cx> Mail-Followup-To: Adam Weinberger , "Eric B." , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020810131911.00b138b0@mail.intelos.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020810131911.00b138b0@mail.intelos.com> X-Editor: Vim 6.1 http://www.vim.org X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5 http://www.mutt.org X-URL: http://www.vectors.cx http://www.crackula.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG eric - skip the kernel config screen altogether and see what happens. what kindof system is this? what kind of BIOS? be sure to read the freebsd handbook's installation chapter: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/handbook -Adam >> (08.10.2002 @ 1024 PST): Eric B. said, in 0.6K: << > Hi, I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.6 for the first time.. When I go to > the kernel configuration to adjust all the conflicts 7 of them, I then > correct and save the changes it then takes me to a screen that says Probing > devices please wait this may take a while. How long is a while? I been > waiting for almost 30 mins now. Does that mean something is wrong for it > take that long? I know I corrected the conflicts. Any help would be great > thanks. For your information I am trying to dual boot on WindowsXP > Professional > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> end of "FreeBSD Newbie Help" from Eric B. << -- "Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw." -Lilo, "Lilo & Stitch" Adam Weinberger adam@vectors.cx http://vectors.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message