Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 14:10:07 +0200 From: Florian <florian@kerith.de> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hang up on boot .. Message-ID: <opr7df25lkdq3avj@mailout.kerith.de> In-Reply-To: <3gk990dlkq7gofl7jpdotulqbr2b1sv8gl@4ax.com> References: <opr7dbc3dbdq3avj@mailout.kerith.de> <3gk990dlkq7gofl7jpdotulqbr2b1sv8gl@4ax.com>
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Hi! >> I want to install using a CD with the 5.2.1-RELEASE-i386-miniinst.iso. >> It shows the "Welcome to FreeBSD!"-screen wit hthe 7 options and that >> ASCII-art demon to the right. >> If I chose "1. Boot FreeBSD [default]", it starts to boot but just >> freezes >> after a few pages of text, the last lines being: >> Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1102504582Hz quality 800 >> Timecounters tick every 10.000msec > > The next thing to happen after that message is (on my system with IDE) > probing for ata disk drives. > > Can you try it again with just the HD you want to install to connected. > (yes without the CD drive if you can make the two install floppies) > The Generic kernel may be struggling with a slave without master > situation for instance. > >> I hope anyone can help me with that .. > > More information about the disk drives and other hardware may help > someone help... Okay, just thought it might be something obvious or some oversight from my side .. The system I use: ASUS A7N8X-Deluxe Rev1.06 (nForce 2 chipset) (XP2500+, 2x 256mb) 120gb Seagate HDD on on-board Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Controller Toshiba SD-M1612 (DVD-Rom) on Primary IDE Master AOpen CRW 4850 (CD-RW) on Primary IDE Slave Thanks in advance - Florian
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