From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 08:35:44 2003 Return-Path: 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 AA86737B401 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 08:35:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pa-plum1b-166.pit.adelphia.net (pa-plum1b-217.pit.adelphia.net [24.53.161.217]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC7DA43F93 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 08:35:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from potentialtech.com (working [172.16.0.95]) h5GFZPOg004889; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:35:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Message-ID: <3EEDE3BD.6030009@potentialtech.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:35:25 -0400 From: Bill Moran User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030429 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: robert harpham References: <001001c33418$24de1720$3301a8c0@kudos> In-Reply-To: <001001c33418$24de1720$3301a8c0@kudos> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install help needed on the probing side of things X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:35:45 -0000 robert harpham wrote: > Hi > > i decided to instlll FreeBSD 5 onto my file server due to upgraing main hard drive etc etc.. > > > when i try 2 run the CD all boots fine, pres enter then start probing my hardware > and it gets to the IDE device find my 2hard drivers, CD Rom fine, then just locks > up like dosnt do anythink left it for a long time but just sits there. pres the num > lock keys they work ligh on and off. but does go any thera on the instll.. > > i had linux turbolinux on there before and it ran fine. > > i have bin over my bios 2 check driver setting but everythink seems right > > any one elce had this problem? > > i have tryed 2 dif CD-ROM drivers 2, Liton and a acer 40x drive > both get 2 same point. also tryed with 1 HDD only If you're interested in helping debug, you should post this message along with hardware details to freebsd-current@freebsd.org Wrap your lines when you do http://www.lemis.com/questions.html You'll find that many of the rules in this document apply to -current@ as well. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com