Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 00:20:02 -0800 (PST) From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: misc/5367: Freeze after config Message-ID: <199712230820.AAA22477@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/5367; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: david_hansen@ibm.net Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: misc/5367: Freeze after config Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 17:24:59 +0900 >>Number: 5367 >>Category: misc >>Synopsis: Freeze after config >>Confidential: no >>Severity: critical >>Priority: low >>Responsible: freebsd-bugs >>State: open >>Class: sw-bug >>Submitter-Id: current-users >>Arrival-Date: Mon Dec 22 22:30:01 PST 1997 >>Last-Modified: >>Originator: David Hansen >>Organization: >>Release: 2.2.5 >>Environment: >haven't gotten that far >>Description: >After the initial installation device configuration, the machine >freezes. This is after one of the very initial menus during >beginning installation. The visual device editor as well as the command >line based one both fail. The visual one fails after the exit/save >and the command line one fails after the exit. I would assume these >are exactly equal points as far as the machine is concerned. After >trying to save the floppy drive is accessed once and the HD is accessed >on additional time as well. The machine is not just busy, time will not >fix the problem. The machine is an IBM Aptiva S64 with 48MB RAM and a >real Intel NON-MMX P166. Which devices do you enable/disable in the configuration menu? Did you by any chance disable sc0? It's the console driver without which FreeBSD cannot show anything on the display. Kazu
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