>Alt - F2 will give you a screen of console messages that were >experienced during >different stages of your installation. Look >for error messages or messages that have >been printed in FULL >CAPITALS. K.
>Bin is the first major read operation from the CD-ROM that >occurs using the FreeBSD >drivers and since you say it doesn't >boot the CD-ROM sometimes after reboot I'm lead >to believe that >you are having problems here. It hangs at varying points, often in Bin, sometimes in docs or ports. >1 - (Easy) Disable the CD-ROM in BIOS and try a Floppy -> FTP >install. Does it still hang up? Yes I tried FTP installs many times. >2 - (Remotely possible) Does your CD-ROM exist in your system on >the same IDE >channel as the HDD? If so and you are using any of >the ATA options you might try and >split it from the HDD and put >it into the second chain. In other words unplug the >CD-ROM from >the one cable and use the other cable in your system. I'd have to check that one out, I don't remember how it's configured. Those are some real gymnastics to get the OS installed. :-| Thanks for your suggestions. -Nick _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
