Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:02:35 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "Kelly D. Lucas" <kellyl@valicert.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Dimension XPS T500 Message-ID: <200006132002.NAA23130@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:18:47 PDT." <39468916.54102746@valicert.com>
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If this is what I think it is, it's an odd bug in sysinstall. Go back to the "probing devices" screen and hit escape twice and wait a couple of seconds. It should ask you whether you want to cancel the installation - say no and you should be in business. > I broke out a spare Dell Dimension XPS T500 today, and decided to throw > FreeBSD 3.4 on it. It has the following major components: > > PIII 500mhz > 128 mb Ram > nVidia Riva TNT2 Ultra VGA > 48x CDRom > 3Com 3c905c-TX > > The install seems to go along fine, but then, while probing devices, it > seems to freeze. > > The last thing on the debug screen is: > =========================== > DEBUB: ioctl(3, TIOCCONS, NULL) = 0 (success) > rm: not found > DEBUG: Found a network device named xl0 > DEBUB: Found a network device named lp0 > ================================ > > I'm a big fan of FreeBSD, but our company is primarily a Dell shop, and > this one really has me puzzled. > > Any ideas? > > kdl > > > > -- > Kelly D. Lucas | Valicert Inc. > Systems Administrator | "Securing e-Transactions" > kdl@valicert.com | http://www.valicert.com/ > 650-567-5404 | 650-567-5400 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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