From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 16 10:19:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA01439 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 10:19:36 -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 KAA01215 for ; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 10:19:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA07614; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 05:18:52 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19980317051849.27442@welearn.com.au> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 05:18:50 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Doug White Cc: Jason Lewicki , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installation References: <19980316095256.24051@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from Doug White on Mon, Mar 16, 1998 at 10:02:49AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Mar 16, 1998 at 10:02:49AM -0800, Doug White wrote: > On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Sue Blake wrote: > > > > 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. > > Hit ALT-F2 and report what you see; it may indicate what device it's > having trouble looking for. DEBUG: ioctl(3, TIOCCONS, NULL) = 0 (success) -- Regards, -*Sue*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message