From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 21 21:12:23 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7538B10657A3 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:12:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f48.google.com (mail-bw0-f48.google.com [209.85.214.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBA248FC15 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:12:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so4615749bwz.7 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:12:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=c4+9cn0jd/i5c1MWLoenKRZkskxi/QFKTi4wRslfSHw=; b=rlOn94g7PNk8o4lTYpUBMmm5i6sdsJi2NBOGSpDiVL6E47r2KEq5jZ1n7Q7wTvIvuo dQ7c155QtfDhQw4ZWYMKtCdR6iJXpfGOT2bRQI2/7htwdKRoTpUCUqsD5Etcvr+gYyDK 2OEAQF3sG+SZrBz/0FIxhc0/cno9lw34iwPnc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=TCYpbd9T/4AH4XoJUTlMsTlbaKywbc6vpWxdZbm/qr9kkl+ei9WjAtwr/N3BJldSkt BPoUBhSSMyBe/P5NrQxXoUqRlS4Ji+BKSWwRqMzkaCQZE9tRqPDh24+Q1VN1juEzjUSj BdK95Drxcwj8cLswBVpYS1la2n0S3gJEjnV90= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.104.15 with SMTP id m15mr5166119bko.108.1292965941421; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:12:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.48.94 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:12:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <01FB8F39BAD0BD49A6D0DA8F7897392904F7FF@Mercury.galaxy.lan.lcl> References: <01FB8F39BAD0BD49A6D0DA8F7897392904F7FF@Mercury.galaxy.lan.lcl> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:12:21 -0600 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Graeme Dargie Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install problem with 8.0 Release X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:12:23 -0000 On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Graeme Dargie wrote: > I am trying to help a friend who is overseas install FreeBSD 8.0 i386. > Left to his own devices the install failed, so I ran through it with him > last night, all is fine till it gets to the root password screen where > the install just hangs. He is not very techy, all I could glean was the > system has an sis chipset and it previously ran windows 7 with no > problems, I am hoping to get a more detailed spec of the machine, but I > thought might make an initial enquiry to the list to see if anyone has > come across this behaviour before, or are there any obvious possible > causes ? > I'm not aware of anything that would cause those specific symptoms, but FreeBSD 8.0 is no longer supported. You should be using 8.1 and 8.2 is coming soon. Another possibility would be to use the PCBSD installer to install either PCBSD or a plain FreeBSD install. The newer PCBSD installer supports installing either version. -- Adam Vande More