Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:16:27 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Rich <rl001@pacbell.net> Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... " Message-ID: <20100720001627.00005ebe@unknown> In-Reply-To: <20100720005958.d82c5a97.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <680862.29144.qm@web81107.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20100719230532.00006ace@unknown> <285052.53021.qm@web81105.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20100720005958.d82c5a97.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:59:58 +0200 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > I would suggest to boot with the live system CD, e. g. of 8.0-RELEASE. > It should not launch sysinstall automatically (you can even boot the > CD into SUM), so you end up with a regular shell. First, check all > the kernel's output for things that look... strange... and maybe you > even decide to install the system without sysinstall (if THAT is > what's causing all the trouble). Unfortunately the LiveFS CD does run sysinstall by default - you need to go to the Fixit menu to get the shell. I'd suggest trying to boot with debug output enabled and seeing if that produces any clues - I suspect not, but it's worth a go. To do that, press 6 when you see the boot menu to get command prompt and enter "boot -v". You should see any debug output on the 2nd console (press F2 when sysinstall hangs). -- Bruce Cran
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