From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 23 02:57:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA11896 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 23 May 1997 02:57:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jocki.domestic.de (kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de [194.233.216.182]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA11889 for ; Fri, 23 May 1997 02:57:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from joki@localhost) by jocki.domestic.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA00420; Fri, 23 May 1997 11:52:03 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.0 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970522215508.0066bc04@ms1.nwla.com> Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 11:31:52 +0200 (CEST) From: Joachim Kuebart To: eddie white Subject: RE: install hangs Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 22-May-97 at 21:55:08 eddie white wrote: >on a gateway 4dx2-66v, wd 520m h.drive: > >built boot floppy, fdisk'ed the drive and set for install. "says" it's >copying over drivers and boot info. it reads the cd and loads something >from /documentation (i think), hits the hard drive once and hangs. have >tried several different partition sizes, all with the same result. i know >the partition settings are being written to disk because on rebooting, the >new settings come back. What version are you trying to install? Are those IDE or SCSI drives? Maybe a h/w problem, try getting another IDE controller... > >any suggestions? > >thanks, > eddie cu Jo --------------------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD - top breeders recommend it Joachim Kuebart Tel: +49 711 653706 Germany