Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 20:14:18 +0100 From: simond@irrelevant.org To: Andy Coates <andy@friends-tv.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help on installing 4.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <20000411201418.A84475@irrelevant.org> In-Reply-To: <026b01bfa2ee$d55d4940$0100a8c0@blade>; from andy@friends-tv.net on Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 02:15:22PM %2B0100 References: <20000410133654.B39359@irrelevant.org> <026b01bfa2ee$d55d4940$0100a8c0@blade>
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On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 02:15:22PM +0100, Andy Coates wrote: > > > OK, I've previously installed various 3.x versions of FreeBSD, but I'm > having > > a lot of trouble with 4.0, the way the problem shows itself is that > whenever > > any newfs or fsck is done on ata0 (20.5gb IBM hd) the whole machine locks > up. > > The motherboard chipset I have is the VIA MVP3 chipset with a K6-2/450 > > installed into it. > > > > Any help would be much appreciated :) > > I have what sounds a similar problem, although my install hangs at various > stages during the install depending on what options I choose. It usually > hangs for me when it starts extracting the ports/src packages. At first I > thought it was a dodgy CD because I burned the ISO of the 4.0-RELEASE but > then I've read a few posts now and found out other people have had problems. > > I think you can you get around the hanging by not installing certain parts, > and doing the rest yourself manually later. > > Like you, my 3.4 freebsd installed fine, as with other people with this > problem. I have a Dual Celeron 466 and BP6 motherboard. > > So if anyone can help us out here it'd be most appreciated. Unfortunately it's not as simple as that, when I attempt to install it it hangs while trying to newfs the partitions (ie before even attempting to install anything). I think I'll go back to 3.4 and await 4.1 :) -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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