Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 23:44:26 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: justin@cyburbia.bns.com.au (Justin Viiret) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install hangs at 'rootfs is...' Message-ID: <199604261414.XAA03775@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960426230215.2691A-100000@cyburbia.bns.com.au> from "Justin Viiret" at Apr 26, 96 11:04:39 pm
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Justin Viiret stands accused of saying: > > I'm currently attempting to install the 2.2-960323 snapshot of freebsd on > a spare cyrix-based 486 we've got here. The boot floppy runs fine, until we > get to: > > changing root device to fd0c > rootfs is 1116 Kbyte compiled in MFS > > And then the machine hangs. Can you help me here? The machine's fairly > standard... 8MB RAM, two IDE drives, all run-of-the-mill stuff. Any ideas? Turn off all the caching (internal and external); there are problems with some Cyrix parts. This may help. > | Justin Viiret Cyburbia Network Services | > | justin@cyburbia.bns.com.au Co-sysadmin | Oooh, a local 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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