Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:16:13 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: Chris Simpson <csimpson@telocity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation issue... Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208160914400.14223-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <005901c24526$504729b0$aa01010a@2k.amsurg.com>
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On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Chris Simpson wrote: > Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 08:10:37 -0500 > From: Chris Simpson <csimpson@telocity.com> > To: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> > Subject: Re: Installation issue... > > I'm going to download it now, and I'm seeing a 4.6.2 release in the ISO > images directory.....is that a stable release, or is that bleeding edge??? > I'm not really sure. I'm using the original RELEASE versions of 4.5 and 4.6 - I think 4.6.2 fixes some install issues with ancient cd players. Somebody on this list can probably answer. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Bleichert" <syborg@stny.rr.com> > To: "Chris Simpson" <csimpson@telocity.com> > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:06 AM > Subject: Re: Installation issue... > > > > > > Bad CD burns are a fact of life with some burners :-) Please cc: the list > > with any success or failure. > > > > Good luck - JB > > > > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Chris Simpson wrote: > > > > > Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 08:05:55 -0500 > > > From: Chris Simpson <csimpson@telocity.com> > > > To: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> > > > Subject: Re: Installation issue... > > > > > > I don't know whether to be happy or pissed about that, but I'll > definitely > > > give it a shot.....thanks for the answer!!! > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "John Bleichert" <syborg@stny.rr.com> > > > To: "Chris Simpson" <csimpson@telocity.com> > > > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:02 AM > > > Subject: Re: Installation issue... > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Chris Simpson wrote: > > > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:43:48 -0500 > > > > > From: Chris Simpson <csimpson@telocity.com> > > > > > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > > Subject: Installation issue... > > > > > > > > > > Hello! New guy on the list here... > > > > > > > > > > At home I'm installing FreeBSD on my desktop (a Dell Dimension XPS > T500) > > > via CDROM. It's got a 500MHz processor, 6GB hard drive, 384 MB RAM, an > > > Diamond Viper V770 video card with 16MB RAM, a Sound Blaster Live Value > > > sound card, and a Netgear FA310 NIC.... > > > > > > > > > > ANYWAY, I get to the point where it actually installs the packages, > and > > > then it seems to lock up when it's installing cvsupit-3.1. There's no > error > > > message, just this: > > > > > > > > > > ADDING PACKAGE/ALL/cvsupit-3.1.tgz From acd0c > > > > > > > > > > Package cvsupit-3.1 read successfully - waiting for pkg_add(1) > > > > > > > > > > > > > The only time I've ever had an install choke while waiting for pkg_add > to > > > > return was with a bad CD burn. I re-burned, and re-installed without a > > > > hitch. > > > > > > > > Welcome to the list! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That sounds like it would be a normal message, but in 2 attempts at > > > install, I've gotten the same thing. Is that a NIC problem? Is it trying > to > > > go to the internet to do something, or is it just maybe a bad CD > burn?Now, > > > at hardware discovery it didn't find the exact module for my NIC, but I > > > didn't see anywhere in the handbook where it said you had to have that > > > driver done right then. So, I let it go...It let me put in my IP > information > > > without any problems later, so I thought it would be working fine. One > thing > > > that I noticed was a little strange was that when setting up the NIC, it > > > asked me for my local DNS server, and I don't have one of those, so I > gave > > > it 198.6.1.5 (a UU Net server, if I'm not mistaken) as a DNS server. > Could > > > that cause the problem? I'm totally new to *BSD and a pretty big newbie > to > > > *nix in general, so any help would be appreciated! > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > > /* > > > > * John Bleichert > > > > * syborg@stny.rr.com > > > > * http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg > > > > */ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > /* > > * John Bleichert > > * syborg@stny.rr.com > > * http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg > > */ > > > > > /* * John Bleichert * syborg@stny.rr.com * http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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