FreeBSD installation hanging

2002-07-15 Thread Marc Freeman 




Hi freebsd-questions:-)i am 
trying to install freeBSD 4.6 for the first time. after completing the 
installation and rebooting the computerthe following message appears and 
the computer hangs.F1 FreeBSDDefault: 
F1-hitting F1 or enter does not start the loading process.what 
could be the cause of the problem?

it is not a dualboot,but i 
have tried using both the boot mgr and standard MBR with the same effect. i have 
also tried installingthe whole distribution and a minimal distribution 
also with no change. 
thanksin advance 4 the 
help
marc:-)

RE: FreeBSD installation hanging

2002-07-15 Thread Liu, Daniel (CSD engineer) 
Title: Message



Isaw 
the same problem before. 
How 
bigis your hard disk size? 
And the disk 
size freebsd reported when you install freebsd?



Regards
Liu Daniel

  
  -Original Message-From: Marc Freeman 
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 6:23 
  PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: FreeBSD 
  installation hanging
  
  Hi freebsd-questions:-)i am 
  trying to install freeBSD 4.6 for the first time. after completing the 
  installation and rebooting the computerthe following message appears and 
  the computer hangs.F1 FreeBSDDefault: 
  F1-hitting F1 or enter does not start the loading process.what 
  could be the cause of the problem?
  
  it is not a dualboot,but i 
  have tried using both the boot mgr and standard MBR with the same effect. i 
  have also tried installingthe whole distribution and a minimal 
  distribution also with no change. 
  thanksin advance 4 the 
  help
  marc:-)