From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 11 15:17:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A723816A4CE for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:17:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freedombi.com (thedalesgroup.com [207.179.98.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45DCD43D39 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:17:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from charles@idealso.com) Received: by freedombi.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7B0E9728B6; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:17:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from freedombi.com (localhost [192.168.10.108]) by freedombi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7FB972418; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:17:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from 24.11.146.21 (SquirrelMail authenticated user charles); by freedombi.com with HTTP; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:17:20 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <41619.24.11.146.21.1100186240.squirrel@24.11.146.21> In-Reply-To: <200411102128.28790.jacobsm@gate.net> References: <200411102128.28790.jacobsm@gate.net> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:17:20 -0500 (EST) From: "Charles Ulrich" To: "Mark Jacobs" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on freedombi.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=7.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freeze in 5.3 Release Install X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:17:23 -0000 Mark Jacobs said: > I downloaded the 5.3 release cd and successfully used it to install on my IBM > T42 laptop. > > Today I attempted to upgrade the machine that was running 4.10 stable to 5.3 > using the same cd. The install is hanging during the probe of devices right > after it announces ACD1: DVDR at ata1-slave > UDMA33. > > The attempted install failed twice at the same point. A hard reboot of the > machine is required. If there is an empty IDE channel on your system, FreeBSD will hang for awhile on it while it tries to probe a drive. Perhaps try waiting a little longer... -- Charles Ulrich Ideal Solution, LLC - http://www.idealso.com