From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 16 06:46:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07A1816A4CE for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 06:46:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from mv.milwaukeevalve.com (mail.milwaukeevalve.com [66.84.180.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BD6343D2D for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 06:46:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from linux@milwaukeevalve.com) Received: (from root@localhost) by mv.milwaukeevalve.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id hBGEkA329582; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 08:46:10 -0600 Received: from Pmjalex ([192.168.2.189]) (authenticated) by mv.milwaukeevalve.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hBGEk8k29531; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 08:46:08 -0600 From: "michael Alexander" To: , Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 08:46:07 -0600 Message-ID: <004601c3c3e3$56fab7d0$bd02a8c0@Pmjalex> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal X-scanner: scanned by Inflex 1.0.12.7 Subject: RE: Installation troubles X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:46:19 -0000 I find no virus boot detection options in the bios on this machine (I = have seen it on our workstation machines, so I know what you are talking = about) Just to confirm that the raid is working (since I did add drives and = rebuild it all since it was last used) I just began another Netware install, and = it is happily going along, created a dos partition and formatted it. Next possibility? Thanks, Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: fbsd_user [mailto:fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com]=20 > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:17 PM > To: michael Alexander; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Installation troubles >=20 >=20 > Check your system bio's and turn off virus boot detection. >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of michael > Alexander > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:17 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Installation troubles >=20 > Hi, >=20 > I am trying to install FreeBSD (have tried 4.9, and the 5.1 ISO's) > It > hangs at: > Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle >=20 > My hardware: > Intel NA440BX MB, 512MB ram, dual PIII 350 processors > Mylex Acceleraid 250(DAC960) > Latest bios/firmware downloaded and installed on both MB and Raid > card last > week. >=20 > ISO's downloaded last week as well. >=20 > I know the raid card works, I had netware installed on the machine > prior to > moving it to new hardware. >=20 > If there was an option to install unlisted drivers at the initial > setup > screen, where I am suppose to remove drivers that do not apply, then > I might > be able to continue on and get this installed. I selected FreeBSD > because > it seemed to be abit more up to date with releases of other software > we > would be running (Sendmail 8.12.10, etc) >=20 > Any suggestions where to begin troubleshooting the install? I did > download > the latest drivers for the card as well, but all the install > instructions > I've found assume there is already a working FreeBSD system, which I > do not > have. >=20 > (FWIW, Redhat 9 also is failing to install, it locks up loading its > DAC960 > driver -never even gets to any sort of config) >=20 > Thank you, > Mike >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20