From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 15 14:53:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA23283 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 14:53:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA23269 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 14:53:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue2@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue2@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA05117; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 09:53:00 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19980316095256.24051@welearn.com.au> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 09:52:56 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Doug White Cc: Jason Lewicki , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installation Reply-To: Sue Blake References: <01bd4f0d$cd534ec0$97623ace@cf> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from Doug White on Sat, Mar 14, 1998 at 03:35:04PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Mar 14, 1998 at 03:35:04PM -0800, Doug White wrote: > 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. Got any other hints? I'm having the same problem as Jason, using a 386 which used to run FreeBSD (same version, 2.2.2) but has since had its SCSI controller and FreeBSD disk and second I/O card removed, leaving the DOS IDE. No other hardware has been changed, and I've tried disabling everything nonessential in UserConfig (eventually all of Network and Communications) in case there was unseen problems. No change. The same installation diskette has been used successfully on another machine. It seems to find the hardware happily and finishes each time with /stand/sysinstall running as init and then clears the screen but leaves it blank instead of displaying the menu. -- Regards, -*Sue*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message