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Date:      Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:48:16 +0000 (UTC)
From:      "Corey Brune" <brune@sdf.lonestar.org>
To:        burningclown@westhost43.westhost.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (freebsd-questions)
Subject:   Re: install of FreeBSD 4.3 hangs
Message-ID:  <200106051548.f55FmGQ20097@sdf.lonestar.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106050921440.30540-100000@westhost43.westhost.com> from "burningclown@westhost43.westhost.com" at Jun 05, 2001 09:30:55 AM

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If you press ALT and the F2 key at the same time, you will see what the install
is doing.

If you can get the last few messages on the <alt> F2 screen and repost them,
it will help to diagnose the problem.


Corey


burningclown@westhost43.westhost.com
> 
> 
> 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 searched the list archives and it appears this -has- come up before (tho
> with the 4.0.1 version of this package) ... the previous post-er was asked
> "What shows on the F2 screen."
> 
> SO - what I'd like to know before I slog through the whole process again,
> only to arrive at a hung up screen, is: what is the F2 screen? I'm
> assuming it's something that pops up when you press F2! I must have missed
> reading something ...
> 
> Also, given that this is not an unknown problem, can someone give me a
> hint (a guess, I guess) as to what might be hanging up the system here? Do
> I have defective CDs?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any light shed on this.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Glenn Becker
> 
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