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Date:      Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:17:20 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Charles Ulrich" <charles@idealso.com>
To:        "Mark Jacobs" <jacobsm@gate.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Freeze in 5.3 Release Install
Message-ID:  <41619.24.11.146.21.1100186240.squirrel@24.11.146.21>
In-Reply-To: <200411102128.28790.jacobsm@gate.net>
References:  <200411102128.28790.jacobsm@gate.net>

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Mark Jacobs said:
> I downloaded the 5.3 release cd and successfully used it to install on my IBM
> T42 laptop.
>
> Today I attempted to upgrade the machine that was running 4.10 stable to 5.3
> using the same cd. The install is hanging during the probe of devices right
> after it announces ACD1: DVDR <Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-105/1.33> at ata1-slave
> UDMA33.
>
> The attempted install failed twice at the same point. A hard reboot of the
> machine is required.

If there is an empty IDE channel on your system, FreeBSD will hang for awhile
on it while it tries to probe a drive. Perhaps try waiting a little longer...

-- 
Charles Ulrich
Ideal Solution, LLC - http://www.idealso.com



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