From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 19 19:57:25 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 3E6F316A420 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:57:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4E4243D49 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:57:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from [172.26.2.238] ([172.26.2.238]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j8JJvNG1048973; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:57:23 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-ID: <432F1748.3060801@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:53:44 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Drew Tomlinson References: <432EE1B9.3060707@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <432EE1B9.3060707@mykitchentable.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: sysinstall Hangs When Probing Devices on 5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:57:25 -0000 Drew Tomlinson wrote: > I have run the 4.x versions on this exact same hardware with no > sysinstall issues. I upgraded to 5.4 using the installation CD and > sysinstall ran fine during the install. However after installing my > system and doing a full boot, sysinstall just "hangs" at probing on any > attempt to run from the command line as any user including root. It > does not respond to either 'kill' or 'kill -9'. The only way to get rid > of the process is a reboot. Any ideas on why I'm seeing this behavior? > How can I go about troubleshooting? Like Garrett, I also have one PC that just takes awhile to come up, though most are pretty quick. So, try patience first. Another suggestion - if you've external USB devices, esp. storage, unplug 'em from the PC and see if the system comes up without 'em. I had a fun time with an external HD hanging my startups until I learned to only attach it after everything else was up. Never did figure out exactly why (not enough time to play with it once a workaround was presented). -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) , (608) 266-6348