Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:19:28 -0500 From: Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman@cwis.biz> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... " Message-ID: <9CAC47BC-6209-4B09-9522-85FC11DECDC5@cwis.biz> In-Reply-To: <4c48013d.gPNiF4msgxiXzWRV%mueller6727@bellsouth.net> References: <4c48013d.gPNiF4msgxiXzWRV%mueller6727@bellsouth.net>
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I agree, but I might start pulling parts and see if it works then. swap = video cards if you can, etc. On Jul 22, 2010, at 3:28 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > Rich, if you can't get either the installation CD or live-file-system = CD to=20 > boot (FreeBSD), maybe your computer is allergic to FreeBSD? I've had = that > problem with both FreeBSD and NetBSD on the older computer (Cx486DX-2 = at > 66 MHz; 1.2 GB hard drive). One thing that could possibly help is if = you > could get a custom installation kernel or running kernel, but you'd = need > a different computer to build it on. =20 >=20 > Any way to cross-compile a FreeBSD kernel from NetBSD or Linux? Does = anybody > know? NetBSD guide tells how to make customized installation kernels = and > media, but I see nothing like that for FreeBSD. >=20 > You might read the sysinstall man page from FreeBSD web site. Under = NOTES >=20 > This product is currently at the end of its life cycle and will = eventu- > ally be replaced. >=20 > Under BUGS, toward the end >=20 > This utility is a prototype which lasted several years past its = expira- > tion date and is greatly in need of death. >=20 > I guess you and I both agree on this last statement. I also have to = say that > splitting the installation sets into 1392 KB chunks like base.aa, = base.ab,=20 > and so on, is much less user-friendly and more error-prone than one = .tgz or > .tbz file for each installation set: base.tgz, etc.tgz, man.tgz and so = on. >=20 > Tom > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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