Thank you, but still nothing. The verbose option shows the kernel probing for various things but it doesn't spit out any errors. Enabling acpi makes no difference either.
As a long shot, I did just add the cdrom drive earlier today; I don't think that would make any difference but that's all I can think of. Thanks again. On 6/5/07, Josh Grosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 07:26:00AM -0700, studio-v wrote: > > I'm trying to install openbsd 4.1 on a firewall server. I'm using the > > cd41.iso. The problem is that when the computer boots from cd (in order > to > > install), it hangs about halfway through. This is the last line: > > > > rl0 at pci2 dev 2 function 0 "Realtek 8139" rev 0x10: irq 12 > > Booting with "-c" at the boot prompt will give you a UKC> prompt. Typing > in: > > verbose > quit > > can then show you more detailed kernel output from the ramdisk kernel -- > it > may show something else causing the problem, too. > > > Also, when I unplug the ethernet cable while the computer hangs, the > boot > > continues (albeit only for a bit, but one problem at a time, right?) > I've > > left it sit for a good 5 minutes, so it's not just taking a long time > for > > dhcp. > > The ramdisk kernel doesn't dhcp. The install script will, but it appears > you haven't gotten that far. > > Some people who have had trouble booting have discovered that enabling > ACPI > in the kernel can help. It is not enabled by default. At the same > UKC> prompt, you can try: > > enable acpi > > and see if that gets you any further.
