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Subject: RE: probing device.....no end?
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 12:31:41 -0500
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Hi,

You could press the ALT+F2 Key to see what´s going on, what device is
failing.

P.S. Why don´t you install 3.2 Release, it´s better.

Ales

----- Original Message -----
From: fuse <fuse@mail.zd.dhs.org>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 1999 12:00 PM
Subject: probing device.....no end?


> Hi
>
> I just buy a new machine:PII400/GIGA BXIIE motherboard/
> 256M RAM/IBM 10.1G HD
>
> When I install FreeBSD 3.0/3.1/2.6, all the installation
> failed when the blue screen appears saying:
> "Probing device, this may take a long time, please wait..."
>
> ok, I wait for hours, and no more response.
>
> I had changed the hard disk to a smaller one, and this time,
> the whole hard disk install only freebsd, but everything is
> the same: probing and no more response.
>
> NetBSD 1.4, Redhat 6.0, Win98 can be install on it very well.
>
> Does the FreeBSD don't support my motherboard?
>
> Does anyone would give me advice on it?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Geng Chenge.
>
>
>
>
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