Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:45:50 +0100 From: pbdlists@pinboard.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: richard childers <fscked@pacbell.net> Subject: Re: boot of 4.2R hangs Message-ID: <20010226224550.A40730@pinboard.com> In-Reply-To: <3A99BCF1.AB6A9E1F@pacbell.net>; from fscked@pacbell.net on Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 06:18:25PM -0800 References: <20010225234238.A36602@pinboard.com> <3A99BCF1.AB6A9E1F@pacbell.net>
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Well, this is what I already tried. Also the latest floppies (4.2-STABLE-20010225), but all with the same result. Kurt On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 06:18:25PM -0800, richard childers wrote: > Try downloading the bootable ".flp" images from ftp.freebsd.org. I had a > similar problem and > I found that this resolved the issue. (I'm wrestling with X11 now so I > haven't dug deeper.) > pbdlists@pinboard.com wrote: > > > Has anybody got an idea what the heck I have to do to get the 4.2R > > installaiton media to load properly? I've tried on different machines, > > I've tried on SCSI CD-ROM's and IDE CD-ROM's, I've tried to boot from > > the CD and from the floppies, I've also tried the floppies of the latest > > -STABLE, but all with the same result: when the devices are being > > scanned it gets as far as the parallel port and then it sits there and > > does nothing. The last line on the screen says > > > > plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0 > > > > and there it stays. I've also tried disabling any and all devices which > > are not absolutely required for the install, but it still stops. > > > > I've been using FreeBSD since v2.0.5 on lots of machines, but I've never > > had a problem like this before. Also all the previous releases boot, > > install and run just fine on the same machines, so it should not be > > anything with the hardware. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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