Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 14:14:45 -0400 From: leckert <leckert@neo.rr.com> To: burningclown@westhost43.westhost.com Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: install of FreeBSD 4.3 hangs Message-ID: <3B1D2195.6CF3472@neo.rr.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106050921440.30540-100000@westhost43.westhost.com>
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burningclown@westhost43.westhost.com wrote: > > 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 can only add that this happened to me also. I even tried to add the offending package by ftp and it hung. So I ended up tracking down and using X-3.3.6- not what I wanted but at least I have X. So it's not just your CD. I am also watching for answers to your questions, and I also did not know about the F2 screen, thanks to whoever added that piece of info. All I can say is that I am sorry that I cannot help you directly, but that I am thankful for those that are so helpful on this list, because in my case I have decided that I like FreeBSD so well that it is a keeper at my house, I'll just have to learn the new terminology and diferrences from my linux habits. -- kometboy kometboy@neo.rr.com (Debian GNU/Linux) leckert@neo.rr.com (FreeBSD) http://home.neo.rr.com/leckert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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