From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 27 05:55:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D1CA16A4CF for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 05:55:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n068.sc1.cp.net (h14.rdg.cp.net [209.228.29.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E34A143D53 for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 05:55:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dxdad27@yahoo.co.uk) Received: from [81.168.37.142] (81.168.37.142) by n068.sc1.cp.net (7.0.027.3-1) (authenticated as paul.brownsea) id 409F61CB0013046F for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Thu, 27 May 2004 12:53:53 +0000 From: Paul Brownsea To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 13:54:05 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200405271354.05376.dxdad27@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Installation problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 12:55:20 -0000 I downloaded and burned the FreeBSD 4.9 ISO images and I can't seem to install. I get past the bit with configuring the kernel but get stuck just afterwards, the last two messages are as follows: ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. And then it just hangs. -- Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement. -- Snoopy