Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:25:09 +0100 From: Tim Hawes <thawes@althusius.net> To: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Subject: Install Trouble Message-ID: <3F70BA35.5090002@althusius.net> In-Reply-To: <bk6c1t$jts$1@news1.transmedia.de> References: <bk5b2q$pjjdo$1@ID-204210.news.uni-berlin.de> <44fzix396u.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <bk63oc$phsvf$1@ID-204210.news.uni-berlin.de> <bk6c1t$jts$1@news1.transmedia.de>
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I am a newbie in the FreeBSD world, but an old hat for Solaris and Linux. I have an Intel box with Windows 2000 and Linux already on it. I shrunk my Windows partition to allocate about 16 GB for a new FreeBSD install. I have installed FreeBSD on VMware several times in the past, so this is my first non-virtual install. The install completely halts shortly after it shows the "Probing hardware (this may take a while...)" message. I look at vt1 to see what debugging messages are there. I notice that it stops right after finding the /dev/cua devices (serial devices???). The console is not locked, I can switch back and forth from vt0 and vt1 without trouble. It is just stopped. It did this to me with both FreeBSD versions 4.8 and 5.1 This is a Walmart Os-less PC I bought just over a year ago. I am no hardware guru, and I am not sure what info is pertinent, so tell me what I need to tell you to help me. Best regards, Tim Hawes
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