From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 18 20:51:00 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65600106564A for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:51:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE6508FC1C for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:50:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm11 with SMTP id 11so4736381fxm.13 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:50:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=/FpY/J4pR7yo61AFDY+5P29HH1xNHALyl9jmyYZU+Hw=; b=Az/XhE4qRxgs9i6l23/p7P2K0VBJg9jKhsPnUoxxWCYUSz+BPX7Bcq8ZShh0RewyVo kLoAU2UXoMCHpuH535xnS4GlWSg1okYoZdr8jdrUdL3ua4K4KALk764XJRLOFV3f/qQX 8VSQYHwn3y2lqJcY8JsLXrKVhMLVC9SpNbXME= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=f5fN/uUj8gfCfZVvy9XQVf9QmqhLDWz9oxB/JWi3YIlRaT2h9I0uIEbwaHnOGVCRho cMBkqIq5PAIwyBTkI1tGq4O5gpXokadL4okAaUdoVkNFYi36KFZZTfxL7n0xOTGZIxZ8 yvK44xl0lTnI7rCrzqhWLYxep3WVsOG8InfbI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.143.5 with SMTP id s5mr1829038fau.23.1300481458946; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:50:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.59.7 with HTTP; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:50:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110318203147.GA38719@emax.ca> References: <20110318172451.GA86228@emax.ca> <20110318203147.GA38719@emax.ca> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:50:58 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: bfriedman@emax.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Friedman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hung install (7.4 stable) 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: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:51:00 -0000 On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Friedman wrote: > You wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Friedman wrote: > > > > > I am trying to install 7.4 on an older machine, > > > MSI K7N2 mobo, AMD athlon > > > > > First thing I would do is update the BIOS > > It appears that the BIOS for this board (MSI K7N2 Delta2 LSR) is up to > date. > (W6570NMS V7.8) > Seems that you aren't the only one with probs on that board. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/197306-30-installation-mystery-k7n2-delta2 Make sure your IDE settings are not in RAID mode, it should be straight standard IDE. If you do have it in raid mode, you may have to resort to something like http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ataraid&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html -- Adam Vande More