Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:37:46 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Bindemann, Alan C." <Bind@vxnt2.eglin.af.mil> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: 2.2.5 sysinstall hangs on Dell XPS 300 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980402003658.8262E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <5ABD39FE806CD111B42B0000F803DE394C6842@vxnt2.eglin.af.mil>
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On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Bindemann, Alan C. wrote: > > Try pulling the CDROM or Zip drive out, if you have one. > > Thanks for the info, the machine in question has a internal IDE > zip > drive so I suspect it is the source of the problem. > > Assuming the zip drive is responsible, is this problem > restricted to > intstallation only, or will it have to be disconnected each time > we want > to run FreeBSD? If you can point me to a source of more > information on > this problem I would be grateful. Has it been fixed in 2.2.6? It appears to be limited to installation only. 2.2.6 has explicit support for the IDE ZIP so you will want to install that. Hopefully the installer won't barf on it. ( I don't have an IDE ZIP or I'd try it.) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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