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Date:      Mon, 27 May 2002 17:08:46 -0400
From:      "Andrew Batson" <abatson@twcny.rr.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Problems installing FreeBSD 4.5 from CDROM
Message-ID:  <000001c205c2$b0e97780$0200a8c0@shellreczar>

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Hello,

	I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.5 from cdrom (FreeBSD CDROM set
distributed by WindRiver) and it keeps getting hung at "Plep0: <plip
network interface > on ppbus0". Since I am new to FreeBSD, I not sure
why this is happening.

	Note, I got FreeBSD 4.4 on this system before with out any
problems (it did not have the Promise TX4 controller card in it) and I
wipe the Hard disk drive before I trying to put FreeBSD 4.5 on it. Since
it had worked with FreeBSD 4.4 and the only thing I had change was the
addition of a Promise TX4 controller card, I remove the card and presto,
the FreeBSD 4.5 CDROM would boot successfully.

	I recheck the hardware support list and it says that Promise TX4
is support. After some exploring of the FreeBSD www site, I can across
an ISO for FreeBSD 4.6 RC2. I download and burned a copy of FreeBSD 4.6
RC2. I put the Promise TX4 RAID controller back into the PC and FreeBSD
4.6 RC2 boot from the cdrom successfully. 

	Any ideas what to do or why this is happening. Any way to get
FreeBSD 4.5 cdrom to boot with the FreeBSD 4.5 CDROM or do I have to
wait until later next month when the FreeBSD 4.6 cdrom(s) arrive in the
mail?

 	FYI, I have a Promise Ultra 66 controller card already in the
system and the motherboard is a Abit BE6-II (I disable the  onboard
Ultra 66 controller).

Thanks for any help,
Andrew "Dyslextic" Batson



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