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Date:      Sat, 14 Mar 1998 15:35:04 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Jason Lewicki <jtodd@triax.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: installation
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980314153419.23647K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01bd4f0d$cd534ec0$97623ace@cf>

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On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Jason Lewicki wrote:

> I recently purchased the 4 cd set of freebsd from walnut creek.  I am
> trying to install to a secondary hard drive.  I get into the
> installation just fine.  I am booting off the cd and going straight into
> install.  after it goes through detection of my hardware I get a blank
> screen with a solid cursor in the bottom left corner of the screen. 
> What does this mean?  It just sits there with no activity and the
> installation halts. 

The system's gotten stuck looking for something.  If you have a Zip drive,
disconnect it; this seems to be the showstopper for more recent versions.
Hopefully this will end with the inclusion of a Zip driver in the next
release.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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