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Date:      Tue, 05 Jun 2001 16:38:04 +0200
From:      Cynic <cynic@mail.cz>
To:        <burningclown@westhost43.westhost.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: install of FreeBSD 4.3 hangs
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.2.20010605163654.0200ee48@mail.cz>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106050921440.30540-100000@westhost43.westho st.com>

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hi there, the F2 screen is tty2, the stderr of /stand/sysinstall 
goes there (stdout to tty1).

At 16:30 5.6. 2001, burningclown@westhost43.westhost.com wrote the following:
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>Hi,
>
>I received my 4.3 CD set a few days ago ... have been waiting to place it
>'next to' my Debian GNU/Linux installation for weeks now ... fwiw, I am
>new to FreeBSD.
>
>Preparation (resizing partitions, etc) went flawlessly, but I have twice
>had the install hang interminably when trying to install
>XFree86-Server-4.0.3_1. Here is what I get:
>
>"Adding packages/All/XFree86-Server-4.0.3_1.tgz from acd0c"
>
>"Package XFree86-Server-4.0.3_1 read successfully - waiting for
>pkg_add(1)"
>
>
>... the second time this happened I just let it sit all night in the hopes
>that something was just taking a long time. No dice.
>
>I searched the list archives and it appears this -has- come up before (tho
>with the 4.0.1 version of this package) ... the previous post-er was asked
>"What shows on the F2 screen."
>
>SO - what I'd like to know before I slog through the whole process again,
>only to arrive at a hung up screen, is: what is the F2 screen? I'm
>assuming it's something that pops up when you press F2! I must have missed
>reading something ...
>
>Also, given that this is not an unknown problem, can someone give me a
>hint (a guess, I guess) as to what might be hanging up the system here? Do
>I have defective CDs?
>
>Thanks in advance for any light shed on this.
>
>Best,
>
>Glenn Becker
>
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>
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cynic@mail.cz
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