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Subject: Re: install of FreeBSD 4.3 hangs
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Hi Glenn,

Press ALT F2 to get the screen with the error messages so you can post
them to the list.

Dru


On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 burningclown@westhost43.westhost.com wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I received my 4.3 CD set a few days ago ... have been waiting to place it
> 'next to' my Debian GNU/Linux installation for weeks now ... fwiw, I am
> new to FreeBSD.
>
> Preparation (resizing partitions, etc) went flawlessly, but I have twice
> had the install hang interminably when trying to install
> XFree86-Server-4.0.3_1. Here is what I get:
>
> "Adding packages/All/XFree86-Server-4.0.3_1.tgz from acd0c"
>
> "Package XFree86-Server-4.0.3_1 read successfully - waiting for
> pkg_add(1)"
>
>
> ... the second time this happened I just let it sit all night in the hopes
> that something was just taking a long time. No dice.
>
> I searched the list archives and it appears this -has- come up before (tho
> with the 4.0.1 version of this package) ... the previous post-er was asked
> "What shows on the F2 screen."
>
> SO - what I'd like to know before I slog through the whole process again,
> only to arrive at a hung up screen, is: what is the F2 screen? I'm
> assuming it's something that pops up when you press F2! I must have missed
> reading something ...
>
> Also, given that this is not an unknown problem, can someone give me a
> hint (a guess, I guess) as to what might be hanging up the system here? Do
> I have defective CDs?
>
> Thanks in advance for any light shed on this.
>
> Best,
>
> Glenn Becker
>
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