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From: Nathan Ollerenshaw <nathan.ollerenshaw@uk.tiscali.com>
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Subject: Re: 4.4-RC4 hang on Dell Dimension 4100
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To: "Brad Morgan" <B-Morgan@concentric.net>
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Brad,

I have a similar system that I've tried installing 4.3 on and I got the 
same problem.

You need to go to the Dell site, and download the firmware updates for 
the RAID controller. You should also update the system BIOS and the 
backplane firmware. I found that this made my problems go away.

Nathan.

On Friday, September 7, 2001, at 06:45  pm, Brad Morgan wrote:

>
> I have a Dell Dimension 4100 with a P-III 933MHz CPU and 256MB memory.
>
> When I boot off of the 4.4-RC4 CD, the system hangs at the device probe 
> in
> /stand/sysinstall.
>
> It has hung at the same place with the 4.2 CD, the 4.3 CD, and the 
> floppies
> from each of these releases.
>
> I have 4.3-Release installed but I had to use the 5.0-current floppies 
> from
> the CDs I received with "The Complete FreeBSD" 3rd edition (4-4.2 
> CDs + 6
> FreeBSD Toolkit dated February 2001).
>
> Let me know what additional information is needed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brad Morgan
>
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