Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 22:55:23 -0400 From: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: deezmail@cox.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, andrew@cream.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation Message-ID: <20020804225523.26946a80.jud@myrealbox.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0208042028090.27797-100000@wonkity.com> References: <000001c23c25$9aaed200$057ba8c0@david> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0208042028090.27797-100000@wonkity.com>
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On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 20:30:11 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Sun, 4 Aug 2002, Dee wrote: > > > Sorry for the intrusion. I'm a newbie and have followed the > > FreeBSD handbook closely. > > > > I have a technical issue with FreeBSD 4.6 installation. After > > the installation, my computer hangs while "extracting ports > > into /usr directory. > > > > I have tried different cd rom drives, hard drives and even > > different ISOs. > > There was an issue with some CD-ROM drives not working unless > they were in DMA mode. There's a sysctl to do that, but I can't > recall it exactly. A search through the archives or in the > 4.6-Release Errata section (or on Google) should help. > > > Could it be my partition sizes? > > > > / = 200M > > swap = 512M > > /var = 100M > > /usr = 19Gig. Machine specs: > > No /tmp? Or did you just put it in /usr/tmp? > > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA Dee, you'll want to turn off Outlook's normal HTML mail and just send plain text to the list. You don't have to specify a /tmp mount point. Stuff will get put into /var/tmp and /usr/tmp on its own - you don't have to create them. Your /var looks a little smallish to me. I have one that's around a gig, but I've got 40 gigs to play with. Since you've got a nice big /usr, perhaps try a /var that's about 500M. There is a problem discussed in the errata with some ATAPI CD-ROMs which typically results in the following error message: acd0: READ_BIG command timeout - resetting ata1: resetting devices .. done Are you seeing this? If so, Andrew gave you the link to the recommended solution. If not, then how long does the hang last? /usr/ports ain't small - it could just be taking a while. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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