Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:51:06 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Vittorio <vdemart1@tin.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.2 hangs probing floppy Message-ID: <20070130175106.GA77892@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <110735b9fa4.vdemart1@tin.it> References: <110735b9fa4.vdemart1@tin.it>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 03:14:49PM +0100, Vittorio wrote: > I updated my pentium 3 PC Compaq Desktop 450 from freebsd 5.3 (which > was working like a charme indeed!) to the new 6.2 installing from a CD. > > It happens that the boot > 1) runs smoothly as usual till after the > probing of the CDs, > 2) then the boot hangs for about 3 minutes probing > the floppy (I see the floppy led turned on for the same time), > 3) > eventually again smoothly till the end of the booting process. > > I > noticed that the /dev/fd0 device is not found and there's no way to > mount it. Build a kernel without "device fdc". Or maybe disable the floppy in the bios. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFv4WKEnfvsMMhpyURAgb3AJ47tHb6aobvd3bBXofE/FXTgxKu+QCghGZn +aKreGbWjLyGxDsCV/pFWtQ= =/gY8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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