I can't install 4.X on a couple of identical new machines. They both exhibit the same problem, and it's consistant, so it's probably not bad hardware, though perhaps weird hardware. Also, 5.2 does install, but these are to be production machines at a remote location so I'd really rather be running something long in the tooth.
I've googled and looked at the FBDS mailing lists and here and have found some similar sounding reports, but no fix. I need to make a decision on these machines for next week, and if I can't bring myself to go with 5.X I may have to try linux, so if anyone can come up with a way forward with 4.X in the next day or two it would be a really Good Thing:-). OK, details: The disk is there, visible and will boot (to DOS in one case, to FBSD 5.2 in the other). I boot from CD and it goes through the normal sequence to boot the install kernel until it looks at the hard disk (copied from a screen on the other end of the room, so excuse typoes/brainoes): ad0 sucess setting WDMA2 on SIS chip Creating disk ad0 ad0 READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 resetting ... ata0 resetting devices And then nothing for as close to forever as I have been prepared to wait. The motherboard is an ASRock KS41 Chipset: SIS 741 + SIS 963L Athalon 2400+ Can't think of anything else relevent. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _O_ |< _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"