Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:04:24 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Vince Aitken" <vaitken@iinet.net.au> Subject: Re: Help, about the (Probing Devices) Message-ID: <199810301505.KAA28229@laker.net>
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--_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4862544=_=_=_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --Original Message Text--- From: Vince Aitken Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:43:23 +0800 >Hi, i have got a 486/SX 25 with 16 meg of ram and 320 meg of HD space, and an Ethernet Card >on the computer i wish to put FreeBSD on. I am trying to install version 3.0 , and i have tried a >few times, but each time i get to the: >Probing Devices, please wait (This can take a while)... >Can u tell me approximately how long 'a while' means. A few minutes. But others have reported it hanging in excess of two hours, meaning it's really hung, not just busy. I sugest you install 2.2.7 and cvsup to -stable. Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. --_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4862544=_=_=_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> <FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" DEFAULT="FACE"><FONT SIZE="1" POINTSIZE="8" DEFAULT="SIZE">--Original Message Text---<BR> <B>From:</B> Vince Aitken<BR> <B>Date:</B> Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:43:23 +0800<BR> <BR> <FONT COLOR=000000 DEFAULT="COLOR"><FONT SIZE="2" POINTSIZE="10">>Hi, i have got a 486/SX 25 with 16 meg of ram and 320 meg of HD space, and an Ethernet Card >on the computer i wish to put FreeBSD on. I am trying to install version 3.0 , and i have tried a >few times, but each time i get to the:<FONT SIZE="1" POINTSIZE="8" DEFAULT="SIZE"><BR> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2" POINTSIZE="10">>Probing Devices, please wait (This can take a while)...<FONT SIZE="1" POINTSIZE="8" DEFAULT="SIZE"><BR> <BR> <FONT SIZE="2" POINTSIZE="10">>Can u tell me approximately how long 'a while' means. <FONT SIZE="1" POINTSIZE="8" DEFAULT="SIZE"><BR> <BR> <FONT COLOR=000000 DEFAULT="COLOR">A few minutes. But others have reported it hanging in excess of two hours, meaning it's really hung, not just busy. I sugest you install 2.2.7 and cvsup to -stable.<BR> </HTML> <HTML> <LEFT> <FONT FACE="MS Sans Serif" COLOR="#000001" SIZE="1" POINTSIZE="8" DEFAULT="ALL"> Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes.</HTML> --_=_=_=IMA.BOUNDARY.HTML_4862544=_=_=_-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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