Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 20:11:28 -0400 (EDT) From: PINAY <Pinay@concentric.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: I give up!! 3.1 install Q... Message-ID: <Pine.GSU.4.05.9906152000550.10559-100000@viking.cris.com>
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Please help! I've tried installing from the 3.1 cd about 20 times (no exageration) - I've tried every permutation of possible config scenario in order to troubleshoot what is wrong and I'm out of inspiration. After doing what looks like a clean install, the system boots, all the filesystems check clean, then the system hangs at the message: "Doing initial network setup: hostname." At this point I've let the system sit overnight (the next morning still has the same error) and I've tried ^c, ^d, ^break, ^elbow smear, ^profanity, etc. - eventually I have to use the billgates button 0xOFF to break free. What is wrong?! The system never gets past this point. Note I have tried installing without configuring network stuff, xwindow stuff, etc. (simplest path) just to see if I was entering a bogus parameter - that still left me with the dreaded error. I'm about to go back to my manual typewriter and the mimeograph machine.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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