From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 31 19:12:52 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FC4F16A403 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:12:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vdemart1@tin.it) Received: from smtp3.aruba.it (smtpd2.aruba.it [62.149.128.207]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7325213C4AA for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:12:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vdemart1@tin.it) Received: (qmail 11315 invoked by uid 89); 31 Jan 2007 18:46:07 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 11304, pid: 11310, t: 0.1140s scanners: clamav: 0.88.4/m:40/d:1722 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.155.100.8?) (87.6.208.61) by smtp3.aruba.it with SMTP; 31 Jan 2007 18:46:07 -0000 From: vittorio To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:46:13 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <110735b9fa4.vdemart1@tin.it> <20070130175106.GA77892@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20070130175106.GA77892@slackbox.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200701311946.13945.vdemart1@tin.it> X-Spam-Rating: smtp3.aruba.it 1.6.2 0/1000/N Subject: Re: 6.2 hangs probing floppy X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:12:52 -0000 Before eliminating fdc from the kernel I add another piece of info. If immediatedly after booting I put a floppy into the drive, the booting=20 process goes on without problems.=20 Any other. softer solution to tis problem. Vittorio Alle 17:51, marted=EC 30 gennaio 2007, Roland Smith ha scritto: > On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 03:14:49PM +0100, Vittorio wrote: > > I updated my pentium 3 PC Compaq Desktop 450 from freebsd 5.3 (which > > was working like a charme indeed!) to the new 6.2 installing from a CD. > > > > It happens that the boot > > 1) runs smoothly as usual till after the > > probing of the CDs, > > 2) then the boot hangs for about 3 minutes probing > > the floppy (I see the floppy led turned on for the same time), > > 3) > > eventually again smoothly till the end of the booting process. > > > > I > > noticed that the /dev/fd0 device is not found and there's no way to > > mount it. > > Build a kernel without "device fdc". Or maybe disable the floppy in the > bios. > > Roland