From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 20 03:23:32 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 643EF1065674 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:23:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rl001@pacbell.net) Received: from web81102.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web81102.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.199.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 222228FC08 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:23:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 93213 invoked by uid 60001); 20 Jul 2010 03:23:31 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=pacbell.net; s=s1024; t=1279596211; bh=3Rzmo0xmrhJcdrtXsSh8OKSV3gsI+VlDW15bSYXBZt8=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=dbC5PHXDIOFH+tS5K1aoFDIuvLaf0Hw3hHhFLnqKudr+zhF5wG5Otc9mfKYkf6UIYWwpBhm2GmNkFnLMTUSendurh7ci5Yv8mHYLgzIWpoIgfOOexlbOjRx7igXGwUQPS7D+Hj4TCSiFvDdje9DkkUScr/0jGljCK6RHkfimAho= 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=KV1O5h+0HJ3/z3okMuJnYEdofI3kyvcbppG9sepyuiq4SJmoMBsm7VQrZypKVCQggBMc3tEnRsizqkcMnTvgiAWoC2QiLShz/CYE/ea7QnlCe7oFSZ61X4ToEAJoR0qyssOlzRYi4v3l0LxmGu5D2EPYaDyOAsuAvm7YDYc8jkY=; Message-ID: <509194.92026.qm@web81102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: fzEKL0kVM1kqU.18dOO8IJ2kBj1P7QvODf171EvLOkd1az9 l8q94HiecgBROLYMez97XkGf2luJHGULjqEgMMFBLrVefuP1GoRAGOarElPT Z0dOIQPkp4AMAEffsbpYfqu6wak0Ovxaw5O9N64SNrHzb048Agg3s.eRO_TE oQFH8V1bcVgRCfsNjaTFkfxB37mPWZUXLhvNfy8kf1j6Atl7AH8WNKW2F5ws y9RmcKclUth7Iby_zX4HkJTu0xXOWwNJY_Mg8Ys3rEU1LNhUGAxURHhNRF84 MZQNIuObOhcCjgGwRDNqiTIlE1KNXgwHhJIyd_UeB2ro- Received: from [71.139.193.145] by web81102.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:23:31 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> <20100720013418.0b4c4210.freebsd@edvax.de> <633204.64834.qm@web81104.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <126CDA6C-B967-4466-8C0E-EEC88672BE9C@cwis.biz> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:23:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Rich To: Ryan Coleman In-Reply-To: <126CDA6C-B967-4466-8C0E-EEC88672BE9C@cwis.biz> 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 03:23:32 -0000 Ok I booted on that disc and it hangs at the same place. not sure what to do next. What is the "fixit" menu? ________________________________ From: Ryan Coleman To: Rich Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 6:23:45 PM Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... " Rich, Here they are: 8.0 i386: ftp://ftp11.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/8.0/8.0-RELEASE-i386-livefs.iso 8.0 AMD64: ftp://ftp11.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-amd64/8.0/8.0-RELEASE-amd64-livefs.iso Each is < 640MB On Jul 19, 2010, at 8:11 PM, Rich wrote: > I couldn't find a live CD fro 8.0 Release. All I could find was at this site; > > http://livecd.sourceforge.net/download.php > > It's 4.6, is that useful? Anyway, it booted up to the login prompt without > hanging. What does that tell us? Is there anything I can check with this disk >or > > is there somewhere I can get the 8.0 live CD? > > > > ________________________________ > From: Polytropon > To: Bruce Cran > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Rich > Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 4:34:18 PM > Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a > while)... " > > On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:16:27 +0100, Bruce Cran wrote: >> 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. > > Yes - that's what I intended to suggest. :-) > > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > 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" > _______________________________________________ > 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"