Bob Downes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>What version of FreeBSD are you trying to install? Have
>you tried another branch? (I.e. if you're installing 4.9,
>try 5.1, and vice-versa. 5.1 is still not recommended
>for production systems, but it seems very, very stable as
>my desktop system.)
I am i
>Please wrap your lines at 70 characters so they may be easily >read.
Thanks.
>> I think that if it is documented that in order to use
>>FreeBSD, you must have your CD-ROM on a separate IDE
>>cable that your hard drive, because of __X___ reason,
>>then that would be more palatable. I could the
Please wrap your lines at 70 characters so they may be easily read.
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 12:07:32AM -0500, Nick P. wrote:
> I think that if it is documented that in order to use FreeBSD, you
> must have your CD-ROM on a separate IDE cable that your hard drive,
> because of __X___ reason, then
>>>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.
>Did you try disabling the CD-ROM? I'm thinking that maybe the CD >may be causing some
>hang ups.
Ah, I see, I did not disable the CD-ROM, I did remove it f
>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
>d
>You should try to switch to the diagnostic console and find out >what happens just
>before it hangs (you'll know it has when it's >staying too long on the same line and
>you can't switch to >another console)
I'll try to look in one of the future times. I've switched to that console before.
I
>Did the disk slicer complain that your disk geometry was >incorrect? (I had that
>problem, but it only failed on trying to >boot FreeBSD, not in the install, but
>might be an issue for >some people.)
I think I may have seen that message once in the fifty billion (well okay maybe
thirty) insta
>You're problem looks interesting, what version of freebsd are >
>you trying?
4.9
>Have you setup any swap space? if so how much? You can do this >when you setup
>freebsd's. partitions. How big are the partitions >you've assigned? is there enough
>space to install what you've >choosen to insta
Nick,
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.
Bin is the first major read operation from the CD-ROM that occurs using
the FreeBSD drivers a
Hi Nick,
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 01:27:20AM -0500, Nick P. wrote:
>
> I am a first-time user who is having a nightmare installing FreeBSD.
> I've tried several different methods, but my installation hangs at
> various points during the installation.
Have you checked the integrity of the installa
> I'm at my wits end and if I could figure out how to simply remove the boot
loader I wouldn't be far from giving up and
>moving on to another OS.
>
> Specs:
> PIII 733 Mhz
> 384 MB Ram
> 120 GB HD, w/ a windows partition already on it
>
> Also, when I begin a CD install, after it hangs, it strange
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