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Date:      Fri, 23 May 1997 11:31:52 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Joachim Kuebart <joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de>
To:        eddie white <ewhite@ms1.nwla.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: install hangs
Message-ID:  <XFMail.970523115203.joki@jocki.domestic.de>
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970522215508.0066bc04@ms1.nwla.com>

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On 22-May-97 at 21:55:08 eddie white wrote:
>on a gateway 4dx2-66v, wd 520m h.drive:
>
>built boot floppy, fdisk'ed the drive and set for install.  "says" it's
>copying over drivers and boot info.  it reads the cd and loads something
>from /documentation (i think), hits the hard drive once and hangs.  have
>tried several different partition sizes, all with the same result.  i know
>the partition settings are being written to disk because on rebooting, the
>new settings come back.

What version are you trying to install? Are those IDE or SCSI drives?
Maybe a h/w problem, try getting another IDE controller...

>
>any suggestions?
>
>thanks,
>   eddie

cu Jo

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