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Date:      Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:02:35 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        "Kelly D. Lucas" <kellyl@valicert.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dell Dimension XPS T500 
Message-ID:  <200006132002.NAA23130@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:18:47 PDT." <39468916.54102746@valicert.com> 

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If this is what I think it is, it's an odd bug in sysinstall.  Go back to 
the "probing devices" screen and hit escape twice and wait a couple of 
seconds.  It should ask you whether you want to cancel the installation - 
say no and you should be in business.

> I broke out a spare Dell Dimension XPS T500 today, and decided to throw
> FreeBSD 3.4 on it.  It has the following major components:
> 
>     PIII 500mhz
>     128 mb Ram
>     nVidia Riva TNT2 Ultra VGA
>     48x CDRom
>     3Com 3c905c-TX
> 
> The install seems to go along fine, but then, while probing devices, it
> seems to freeze.
> 
> The last thing on the debug screen is:
> ===========================
> DEBUB: ioctl(3, TIOCCONS, NULL) = 0 (success)
> rm: not found
> DEBUG: Found a network device named xl0
> DEBUB: Found a network device named lp0
> ================================
> 
> I'm a big fan of FreeBSD, but our company is primarily a Dell shop, and
> this one really has me puzzled.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> kdl
> 
> 
> 
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