Try stripping the pc down to a bare bones box. Just 1 hard drive and cdrom drive. Remove all pci cards. If install works then add one hardware device at a time and boot system.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jamie Tatton Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 4:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: installation of BSD 4.6 i am attempting an install of FreeBSD 4.6 on a generic machine with an AMD 1800 chip. "Probing devices" hangs and i can't get any further with my install. i purchased FreeBSD 4.6 from FreeBSD mall. can anybody help me with this? Please! thanks. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"