Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 20:03:55 +0100 From: "Stefan Pfenninger" <sjp@gmx.ch> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Installation-bootdisks cause system to hang Message-ID: <003a01c04cdb$5fd642c0$0201a8c0@HOME>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01C04CE3.AF8FD4E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable When trying to install FreeBSD 4.1 using the two Install-Disks (kern and = mfsroot), my system crashes. First, everything looks just fine, i can = boot the first (kern) disk, and then, after the mfsroot-disk is loaded, = i get a message like "Booting kernel in 10secs, press Enter". When I = then press Enter, i first get this "busy" symbol for 2-3 seconds, and = then the system stops to react. The system configuration : P120MHz, 64MB = RAM, 1.6Gb Maxtor HD, some no-name motherboard. I tried the whole thing = on a other system (PII-400), and it worked without problems. Anybody got an idea what could be wrong ? Thanks for helping. Stefan Pfenninger ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01C04CE3.AF8FD4E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>When trying to install FreeBSD 4.1 = using the two=20 Install-Disks (kern and mfsroot), my system crashes. First, everything = looks=20 just fine, i can boot the first (kern) disk, and then, after the = mfsroot-disk is=20 loaded, i get a message like "Booting kernel in 10secs, press Enter". = When I=20 then press Enter, i first get this "busy" symbol for 2-3 seconds, and = then the=20 system stops to react. The system configuration : P120MHz, 64MB RAM, = 1.6Gb=20 Maxtor HD, some no-name motherboard. I tried the whole thing on a other = system=20 (PII-400), and it worked without problems.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Anybody got an idea what could be wrong = ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks for helping.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Stefan Pfenninger</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01C04CE3.AF8FD4E0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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