From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 12 14:23:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA13923 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 12 Jul 1998 14:23:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA13911 for ; Sun, 12 Jul 1998 14:23:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA14740; Sun, 12 Jul 1998 17:06:37 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199807122106.RAA14740@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: Installation hangs In-Reply-To: from "gbh@clark.net" at "Jul 12, 98 04:19:11 pm" To: gbh@clark.net Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 17:06:37 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG gbh@clark.net wrote: > I'm having trouble installing FreeBSD 2.2.6. > I'm using a CD with a boot floppy. When I > boot the floppy, I select and save the drivers, > the screen then blanks, it reads from the > floppy, checks the disks and printer on the > parallel port, then hangs with the blank screen. > I've waited about 10 minutes before aborting > the installation. > > I have an NCR53c815 PCI scsi card and an > Intel EtherExpress Pro 10+ ISA ethernet > card. I thought maybe the machine was > looking for the network, but I've tried > installing with and without the ethernet > driver loaded, and with and without the > machine connected to the network. > > Any ideas on how to get the installation > going? > Yup. Start over, but do not disable sc0 when config'ing the kernel. sc0 is "S_ystem C_onsole". Don't worry about it conflicting with the ps2 mouse -- it's not a problem. Everybody gets bit by this one. Dave -- Sancho Panza: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message