Hello,
I've been trying to install FreeBSD 5.1-R from the official 4 CD set.
The problem I'm about to describe occurs with 5.0-R too. Incidentally,
everything is fine with the 4.x-R CDs (no hang, no lsdev problem,
perfect installation).
I insert the first CD and the loader kicks in. It doesn't
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Thanks.
I think that if it is documented that in order to use
FreeBSD, you must have your CD-ROM on a separate IDE
cable that your hard drive, because of __X___ reason,
then that would be more palatable. I could then
easily
Bob Downes [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
What version of FreeBSD are you trying to install? Have
you tried another branch? (I.e. if you're installing 4.9,
try 5.1, and vice-versa. 5.1 is still not recommended
for production systems, but it seems very, very stable as
my desktop system.)
I am
I am a first-time user who is having a nightmare installing FreeBSD. I've tried
several different methods, but my installation hangs at various points during the
installation. Often during the extraction of bin (11% seems to be a popular time)
sometimes later in the bin extraction.
I'm at my wits end and if I could figure out how to simply remove the boot
loader I wouldn't be far from giving up and
moving on to another OS.
Specs:
PIII 733 Mhz
384 MB Ram
120 GB HD, w/ a windows partition already on it
Also, when I begin a CD install, after it hangs, it strangely won't
Hi Nick,
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 01:27:20AM -0500, Nick P. wrote:
I am a first-time user who is having a nightmare installing FreeBSD.
I've tried several different methods, but my installation hangs at
various points during the installation.
Have you checked the integrity of the
Nick,
Alt - F2 will give you a screen of console messages that were experienced
during different stages of your installation. Look for error messages or
messages that have been printed in FULL CAPITALS.
Bin is the first major read operation from the CD-ROM that occurs using
the FreeBSD drivers
You're problem looks interesting, what version of freebsd are
you trying?
4.9
Have you setup any swap space? if so how much? You can do this when you setup
freebsd's. partitions. How big are the partitions you've assigned? is there enough
space to install what you've choosen to install?
I
Did the disk slicer complain that your disk geometry was incorrect? (I had that
problem, but it only failed on trying to boot FreeBSD, not in the install, but
might be an issue for some people.)
I think I may have seen that message once in the fifty billion (well okay maybe
thirty) installs I
You should try to switch to the diagnostic console and find out what happens just
before it hangs (you'll know it has when it's staying too long on the same line and
you can't switch to another console)
I'll try to look in one of the future times. I've switched to that console before.
It
Alt - F2 will give you a screen of console messages that were experienced during
different stages of your installation. Look for error messages or messages that have
been printed in FULL CAPITALS.
K.
Bin is the first major read operation from the CD-ROM that occurs using the FreeBSD
drivers
1 - (Easy) Disable the CD-ROM in BIOS and try a Floppy - FTP
install. Does it still hang up?
Yes I tried FTP installs many times.
Did you try disabling the CD-ROM? I'm thinking that maybe the CD may be causing some
hang ups.
Ah, I see, I did not disable the CD-ROM, I did remove it from the
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On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 12:07:32AM -0500, Nick P. wrote:
I think that if it is documented that in order to use FreeBSD, you
must have your CD-ROM on a separate IDE cable that your hard drive,
because of __X___ reason, then
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