From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 15 17:11:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from uhura.concentric.net (uhura.concentric.net [206.173.118.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA7AB1524D for ; Tue, 15 Jun 1999 17:11:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Pinay@concentric.net) Received: from marconi.concentric.net (marconi [206.173.118.71]) by uhura.concentric.net (8.9.1a/(98/12/15 5.12)) id UAA23455; Tue, 15 Jun 1999 20:11:08 -0400 (EDT) [1-800-745-2747 The Concentric Network] Received: from viking.concentric.net (viking [206.173.119.81]) by marconi.concentric.net (8.9.1a) id UAA04706; Tue, 15 Jun 1999 20:11:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 20:11:28 -0400 (EDT) From: PINAY X-Sender: Pinay@viking.cris.com To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: I give up!! 3.1 install Q... Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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