From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 21 2:29:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from goblin.apana.org.au (goblin.apana.org.au [203.3.126.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2E1C14E32 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 02:29:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by goblin.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA16568; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 21:22:12 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: from oracle.apana.org.au(203.3.126.130), claiming to be "ORACLE" via SMTP by goblin.apana.org.au, id smtpdu16566; Tue Dec 21 21:22:02 1999 Message-ID: <000901bf4b9e$69de1020$827e03cb@ORACLE> From: "Doug Young" To: "freebsd" Cc: References: Subject: Re: Hang during install Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 20:30:31 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.5600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.5600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ahhhhh ..... I did have a look around for requirements but must have missed that bit :( Thanks for the advice though ----- Original Message ----- From: "freebsd" To: "Doug Young" Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 10:43 AM Subject: RE: Hang during install > > i believe 3.0 and greater needs 12 meg ram minimum. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Doug Young > Sent: Saturday, December 18, 1999 5:29 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Hang during install > > > I've been trying to setup a basic FreeBSD 3.2 router box for one of our > permanent > modem account users with a geriatric 486dx33 / 8Mb / 120Mb hard drive box > and > keep getting a hang immediately the system tries to copy files. I initially > tried using an > IDE CD-ROM (set as secondary master) but when it did the hanging bit I then > tried > a floppy install ...... exactly the same thing. Now the specs of the 486 > thing aren't > exactly exciting, but I would have thought it would at least let me do an > install. There's > nothing outlandish in the way of stuff in it ..... all ISA / 1Mb Diamond > videocard / 8x1 > Mb 30pin RAM / 120Mb IDE / tried various network cards including 3c-509, > SMC 8216 / Intel 8 / 16 .... doesn't seem to make any difference > > Any suggestions ?? > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message