Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 20:22:59 +1000 From: "Marc Freeman" <marcf@bigpond.net.au> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD installation hanging Message-ID: <001601c22be9$9822ff80$3bbd8490@nsw.bigpond.net.au>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C22C3D.699513C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi freebsd-questions:-) i am trying to install freeBSD 4.6 for the first = time. after completing the installation and rebooting the computer the = following message appears and the computer hangs. F1 FreeBSD Default: F1 - hitting F1 or enter does not start the loading process. what could be the cause of the problem? it is not a dualboot, but i have tried using both the boot mgr and = standard MBR with the same effect. i have also tried installing the = whole distribution and a minimal distribution also with no change.=20 thanks in advance 4 the help=20 marc:-) ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C22C3D.699513C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><FONT = size=3D3></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D3>Hi = freebsd-questions:-) i am=20 trying to install freeBSD 4.6 for the first time. after completing the=20 installation and rebooting the computer the following message = appears and=20 the computer hangs.<BR><BR>F1 FreeBSD<BR>Default:=20 F1<BR>-<BR><BR>hitting F1 or enter does not start the loading = process.<BR>what=20 could be the cause of the problem?</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D3>it is not a = dualboot, but i=20 have tried using both the boot mgr and standard MBR with the same = effect. i have=20 also tried installing the whole distribution and a minimal = distribution=20 also with no change. </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D2><FONT = size=3D2><FONT=20 size=3D2></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D3>thanks in advance = 4 the=20 help </DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT><FONT size=3D2></FONT><FONT = size=3D2></FONT><FONT=20 size=3D2></FONT><BR>marc:-)</DIV> <DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D2></FONT><FONT = size=3D2> </DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C22C3D.699513C0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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