From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 9 22:49: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from vms4.rit.edu (vms4.isc.rit.edu [129.21.3.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E95F37B400 for ; Tue, 9 Apr 2002 22:48:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Sonic.rit.edu ([24.169.199.185]) by ritvax.isc.rit.edu (PMDF V5.2-32 #40294) with ESMTPA id <01KGDQKJV30GH2C05A@ritvax.isc.rit.edu> for questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 01:48:47 EDT Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 01:46:40 -0400 From: Matt Penna Subject: Re: installation hanging In-reply-to: <002d01c1df9c$312030d0$a1de5ed1@orgubi8p4fmih9> X-Sender: mdp1261@vmspop.isc.rit.edu To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: illusive_paradox@yahoo.com Message-id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020409181957.020abec0@vmspop.isc.rit.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 03:57 AM 4/9/02 -0400, illusive_paradox@yahoo.com wrote: >hi, during install my system apparently hangs forever. >i've only waited 30 mins, which is damn long enough for a athlon xp 1633mhz, >ddr 300 system. > >on installation: "Probing devices, please wait (this may take a while)..." > >the first stage of install after kernel configuration. >And i cant get past that. In the past I have had problems exactly like this as a result of a SCSI bus that was out of spec. Check your termination on the bus, connections, cable, etc. Also, if you're using any kind of SCSI converter - e.g., to connect an 80-pin drive to a 68-pin cable - it may be causing you trouble, as well. The previous responses offered sound advice - if you can't get any specific hints as to what the problem is, remove devices gradually until you can narrow it down. Good luck! Matt -- Matt Penna mdp1261@rit.edu ICQ: 399825 S0ba on AOLIM "The trouble with computers, of course, is that they're very sophisticated idiots." -Dr. Who To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message