From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 22 14:19:31 2010 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 F117B106566C for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:19:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryan.coleman@cwis.biz) Received: from qmta07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAA648FC13 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:19:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.35]) by qmta07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id l0zf1e0020lTkoCA72KXE2; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:19:31 +0000 Received: from [10.0.1.9] ([76.113.183.74]) by omta04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id l2KV1e0091cjQTw8Q2KWMz; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:19:31 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) From: Ryan Coleman In-Reply-To: <4c48013d.gPNiF4msgxiXzWRV%mueller6727@bellsouth.net> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:19:28 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <9CAC47BC-6209-4B09-9522-85FC11DECDC5@cwis.biz> References: <4c48013d.gPNiF4msgxiXzWRV%mueller6727@bellsouth.net> To: User Questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... " 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: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:19:32 -0000 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"