From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 28 03:43:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id DAA16853 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 03:43:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from artorius.sunflower.com (artorius.sunflower.com [24.124.0.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA16847 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 03:43:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lists3@artorius.sunflower.com) Received: from artorius.sunflower.com (artorius.sunflower.com [24.124.0.13]) by artorius.sunflower.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id FAA16928; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 05:42:48 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from lists3@artorius.sunflower.com) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 05:42:48 -0600 (CST) From: "Stephen D. Spencer" To: Nathan Vidican cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: re: Troubles Installing FREEBSD 2.2.2 In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19971027232546.00685f28@mnsi.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Stephen Spencer finger gladiatr@artorius.sunflower.com for - - administrator PGP key. - - Sunflower Datavision http://www.sunflower.com - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------