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Date:      Tue, 28 Oct 1997 05:42:48 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Stephen D. Spencer" <lists3@artorius.sunflower.com>
To:        Nathan Vidican <nate@mnsi.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   re: Troubles Installing FREEBSD 2.2.2
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971028053546.16843C-100000@artorius.sunflower.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19971027232546.00685f28@mnsi.net>

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On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Nathan Vidican wrote:

> To Whomever May Solve my Troubles,

> [...]
> 	-540Mb Hardrive, (Quantum Fireball)
> [...]
> 	-Western Digital Caviar, 2.1Gb Hardrive

To say the least, the fact that both systems use IDE hdd units are their
only similarity.

> [...] 
> Problem, (experienced with both systems):
> 	-They would boot-up just fine off of the boot disk, (I tried both the
> image from the cd-rom, and the image in the "newer" folder from Walnut
> Creek FTP). I made it through the Kernel config, with no troubles, it then
> proceeded onward, until the "installation menu", (for lack of better term),
> appears, it then freezes. 
> 

I'm assuming that you're talking about the menu that gives the
installation options?

> I've tried the install on both systems, about a thousand times, or so it
> seams, I've tried every possible configuration, and occasionally the
> "installation menu" does not freeze up, however, the install does not go
> over well at all. 

When doing the visual configuration, only enable the floppy drive and the
ide controllers.  Remove everything else.  They can be added back when you
compile your kernel (just make sure you install the kernel source)  Quite
frankly, your problem sounds like a conflict with a device you're leaving
enabled.  My 2 cts...

Good luck!

Regards,
Stephen

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