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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 11:41:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Yong Lee <Ylee@mail.nettel.com>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installation problem
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On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Yong Lee wrote:

> I tried to install FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE on 486 with 8M RAM and 250M HD
> system.  Most cases, the installation process is frozen while it is
> extracting files.
> 
> Is this a Hard Disk problem or any special tricks to install ?

Can you be more specific?  I don't understand what you mean by `frozen'
nor what install method you're using.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major