Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:30:55 -0500 (CDT) From: <burningclown@westhost43.westhost.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: install of FreeBSD 4.3 hangs Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106050921440.30540-100000@westhost43.westhost.com>
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Hi, I received my 4.3 CD set a few days ago ... have been waiting to place it 'next to' my Debian GNU/Linux installation for weeks now ... fwiw, I am new to FreeBSD. Preparation (resizing partitions, etc) went flawlessly, but I have twice had the install hang interminably when trying to install XFree86-Server-4.0.3_1. Here is what I get: "Adding packages/All/XFree86-Server-4.0.3_1.tgz from acd0c" "Package XFree86-Server-4.0.3_1 read successfully - waiting for pkg_add(1)" ... the second time this happened I just let it sit all night in the hopes that something was just taking a long time. No dice. I searched the list archives and it appears this -has- come up before (tho with the 4.0.1 version of this package) ... the previous post-er was asked "What shows on the F2 screen." SO - what I'd like to know before I slog through the whole process again, only to arrive at a hung up screen, is: what is the F2 screen? I'm assuming it's something that pops up when you press F2! I must have missed reading something ... Also, given that this is not an unknown problem, can someone give me a hint (a guess, I guess) as to what might be hanging up the system here? Do I have defective CDs? Thanks in advance for any light shed on this. Best, Glenn Becker +----------------+ http://www.burningclown.com "Everyone's Portal to Nothing At All" +----------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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