Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:55:21 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: John David Galt <jdg@tomatoweb.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install hangs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980129215459.1248z-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19980130052227.33170600@gate1.tomatoweb.com>
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On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, John David Galt wrote: > I'm trying to set up a new standalone FreeBSD 2.2.5 system, from the November > CD-ROMs, using a boot floppy as per the manual. The floppy boots up, I get > through UserConfig, and all the devices are displayed correctly (except of course > COM3 and COM4). Then the system displays the line > > /stand/sysinstall running as init on vty0 > > , clears the screen, and hangs! (I can then view the device output by hitting Scroll > Lock and PageUp, but other than that, nothing happens even if I wait 10 minutes.) Try setting flags 0x7 on the npx0 device. This is reported to cure some problems of this type. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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