From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 00:59:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89D9416A4CE for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:59:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B90C243D1D for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:59:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i0K8xPse044760 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 20 Jan 2004 08:59:25 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i0K8xPXF044759; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 08:59:25 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 08:59:25 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Gafgo Message-ID: <20040120085925.GA44545@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Gafgo , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <400B18A1.3050104@bredband.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <400B18A1.3050104@bredband.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.62 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.62 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 08:59:34 -0000 --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 12:37:05AM +0100, Gafgo wrote: > Hello there! I am a newbie to FreeBSD but have read a lot of handbooks. > I have also installed different versions on my old computer just to > practice (incl 4.8, 4.9, 5.0, 5.1). Now I have bought a new computer and > wanted to install 4.9 for real. But during boot up this happened: > ad0: REAL command timeout tag=3D0 serv=3D0 - resetting > ata0: resetting devices... > and there it hangs. When I tried 5.1 I had no problem. Could it be a > hardware problem?? It sounds to me as if your new machine has hardware which is supported under 5.x but not 4.9. That's a very good reason to install 5.2 -- caveats about "early adopters" notwithstanding, by all accounts 5.2 is turning out nicely. I'd worry about using it for a system that was mission critical to a business (read: financial consequences if it isn't up and running), but for a home system I think it would do very well. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFADO3tdtESqEQa7a0RAuToAKCJHUWcA2Piem+8kXzEIC6DCQnNCQCeK08R 2WIcHhNDlgjXSDxBwTOpM84= =zqLT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn--