From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Feb 3 11:46:36 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA10271 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:46:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles240.castles.com [208.214.165.240]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA10248 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:46:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA08544; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:42:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199902031942.LAA08544@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Milliken, Scott" cc: "'freebsd-stable@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: 3.0 sysinstall hangs on Compaq Deskpro 6000 In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 03 Feb 1999 14:15:38 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 11:42:11 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > After a bit of frustration with an XFree86 3.3.3.1 that refuses to compile > completely I decided to simply install FreeBSD 3.0 from scratch rather than > push this 2.2.8 -> 3.0 upgrade any further. I downloaded the latest and > greatest boot.flp and started up my Deskpro 6000. Everything seems to be > detected properly but the system hangs on "Probing for devices" phase of > sysinstall. I rebooted my system into the upgraded 3.0 environment and > tried to run /stand/sysinstall and got the same error. What can I do to > give the development group more information so that this can be fixed? The following would be a good start: - Detailed disk configuration information; which drives, connected where. Include CDROMs, extra add-in cards, etc. - Are any disk lights on? On solid, or blinking? - Hit Alt-F2 and tell us everything you see. We've had reports of this many times, but never been able to reproduce it. If you or someone else in the SF Bay area has a machine that does this repeatably, we'd *really* like to borrow it for a few days. Thanks. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message