Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 18:15:02 +0800 From: "Liu, Daniel (CSD engineer)" <daniel.liu@hp.com> To: "Marc Freeman" <marcf@bigpond.net.au>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD installation hanging Message-ID: <4C2864237E1EEA4DBB4D5F5123FABB7583D0D0@cngexc01.asiapacific.cpqcorp.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C22BE8.7B5ED868 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I saw the same problem before.=20 How big is your hard disk size?=20 And the disk size freebsd reported when you install freebsd? =20 =20 Regards Liu Daniel -----Original Message----- From: Marc Freeman [mailto:marcf@bigpond.net.au]=20 Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 6:23 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD installation hanging =20 Hi freebsd-questions:-) i am trying to install freeBSD 4.6 for the first time. after completing the installation and rebooting the computer the following message appears and the computer hangs. F1 FreeBSD Default: F1 - hitting F1 or enter does not start the loading process. what could be the cause of the problem? =20 it is not a dualboot, but i have tried using both the boot mgr and standard MBR with the same effect. i have also tried installing the whole distribution and a minimal distribution also with no change.=20 thanks in advance 4 the help=20 marc:-) =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C22BE8.7B5ED868 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4916.2300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff><SPAN = class=3D634361010-15072002>I saw=20 the same problem before. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff><SPAN = class=3D634361010-15072002>How=20 big is your hard disk size? </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff><SPAN = class=3D634361010-15072002>And the disk=20 size freebsd reported when you install freebsd?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft> <DIV align=3Dleft><EM><FONT size=3D4>Regards</FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT size=3D4>Liu Daniel</FONT></EM></DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader lang=3Den-us dir=3Dltr = align=3Dleft><FONT=20 face=3DTahoma size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Marc = Freeman=20 [mailto:marcf@bigpond.net.au] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 15, 2002 = 6:23=20 PM<BR><B>To:</B> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> = FreeBSD=20 installation hanging<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><FONT = size=3D3></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D3>Hi = freebsd-questions:-) i am=20 trying to install freeBSD 4.6 for the first time. after completing the = installation and rebooting the computer the following message = appears and=20 the computer hangs.<BR><BR>F1 FreeBSD<BR>Default:=20 F1<BR>-<BR><BR>hitting F1 or enter does not start the loading = process.<BR>what=20 could be the cause of the problem?</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D3>it is not a = dualboot, but i=20 have tried using both the boot mgr and standard MBR with the same = effect. i=20 have also tried installing the whole distribution and a minimal=20 distribution also with no change. </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT = size=3D2><FONT=20 size=3D2><FONT size=3D2></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D3>thanks in = advance 4 the=20 help </DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT><FONT size=3D2></FONT><FONT = size=3D2></FONT><FONT=20 size=3D2></FONT><BR>marc:-)</DIV> <DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D2></FONT><FONT = size=3D2> </DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C22BE8.7B5ED868-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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