> No I'm not going to start ripping my computer apart because FreeBSD can't deal
> with my hard drive. I think the problem is a shortcoming in FreeBSD where it
> can't deal with drives that have old stale RAID metadata on them. I'm just
> going
> to have to wait until they can. Until then no FreeB
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:54:29 -0700 (PDT)
Rich articulated:
> Lol, true.
Two top posters in succession. My lucky day. In any case, the OP should
NOT have to suffer the agita of being forced to due either. While the
ability do accomplish what the OP desires does not exist ab initio in
FreeBSD, it
Lol, true.
From: Ryan Coleman
To: Rich
Cc: User Questions
Sent: Thu, July 22, 2010 11:50:58 AM
Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a
while)... "
Then you can suffer through "crappy windows" or
Coleman
> To: User Questions
> Sent: Thu, July 22, 2010 7:19:28 AM
> Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a
> while)... "
>
> I agree, but I might start pulling parts and see if it works then. swap video
> cards if you can,
then no FreeBSD for me. Back to crappy
windows.
From: Ryan Coleman
To: User Questions
Sent: Thu, July 22, 2010 7:19:28 AM
Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a
while)... "
I agree, but I might start pulling
I agree, but I might start pulling parts and see if it works then. swap video
cards if you can, etc.
On Jul 22, 2010, at 3:28 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> Rich, if you can't get either the installation CD or live-file-system CD to
> boot (FreeBSD), maybe your computer is allergic to FreeBSD? I'
Rich, if you can't get either the installation CD or live-file-system CD to
boot (FreeBSD), maybe your computer is allergic to FreeBSD? I've had that
problem with both FreeBSD and NetBSD on the older computer (Cx486DX-2 at
66 MHz; 1.2 GB hard drive). One thing that could possibly help is if you
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Rich wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Dave
> To: Bruce Cran
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Sent: Wed, July 21, 2010 3:56:50 AM
> Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait
From: Dave
To: Bruce Cran
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Sent: Wed, July 21, 2010 3:56:50 AM
Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a
while)... "
On 20 Jul 2010 at 23:46, Bruce Cran wrote:
> On Tue, 20 J
On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:04:53 +
"Thomas Mueller" wrote:
> I wonder if FreeBSD is the only OS with
> "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "
>
> Nothing like this occurs in NetBSD or Linux; I've also installed
> various DOSes (MS-DOS 4.01 and upgrade to 5; DR-DOS 7.03 and F
On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:56:50 +0100
"Dave" wrote:
> Hi, I'm not a developer (of OS's at least) but from that DEBUG:
> list, it almost looks like it thinks it can see just about every
> hardware device it knows about, existing or not, and is trying to
> use them all.
The debug output is saying
On 20 Jul 2010 at 23:46, Bruce Cran wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:59:04 -0700 (PDT)
> Rich wrote:
>
> > Any ideas anyone ? I'm stuck. Cannot install FreeBSD on my computer.
> > Every other OS besides FreeBSD boots up and installs. What else can
> > I check?
>
> It looks like it's stopping/spi
> Any ideas anyone ? I'm stuck. Cannot install FreeBSD on my computer. Every
> other
> OS besides FreeBSD boots up and installs. What else can I check?
I offered my admittedly cumbersome force-fitting suggestion. Maybe start with
a minimal installation, possibly base and etc only, or as little a
that can tell me what his code is doing?
From: Andrew Gould
To: Rich
Sent: Tue, July 20, 2010 3:52:21 PM
Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a
while)... "
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Rich wrote:
>
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:59:04 -0700 (PDT)
Rich wrote:
> Any ideas anyone ? I'm stuck. Cannot install FreeBSD on my computer.
> Every other OS besides FreeBSD boots up and installs. What else can I
> check?
It looks like it's stopping/spinning at the section where it parses the
slices/partitions.
t: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a
while)... "
I had this problem trying to install FreeBSD on my old computer: Cx486DX2 CPU
at
66 MHz; 20 MB RAM; 1.2 GB IDE hard drive; 2x Texel, now Plextor, CD-ROM on
Trantor T130B SCSI (NCR5380 chip; no support in
On 07/20/2010 02:42 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> I've wondered why FreeBSD installation sets (base, etc, games, comp, man and
> others) are broken into pieces of 1392 KB each as opposed to each
> installation set in a single .tgz or .tbz (base.tgz, etc.tgz, comp.tgz, and
> others: that's how NetB
ly changed along the way to
cause it to hang.
From: Randi Harper
To: Bruce Cran
Cc: Chuck Swiger ; FreeBSD - ;
Rich
Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 11:19:06 PM
Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a
while)... "
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Bru
From: Bruce Cran
To: Rich
Cc: Polytropon ; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 10:46:58 PM
Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a
while)... "
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:53:30 -0700 (PDT)
Rich wrote:
> I tried this but pres
I had this problem trying to install FreeBSD on my old computer: Cx486DX2 CPU
at 66 MHz; 20 MB RAM; 1.2 GB IDE hard drive; 2x Texel, now Plextor, CD-ROM on
Trantor T130B SCSI (NCR5380 chip; no support in FreeBSD >= 3.0); Iomega Zip 250
on same SCSI card. That was in the days of FreeBSD 4.x. No
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Bruce Cran wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:17:06 -0700
> Chuck Swiger wrote:
>
>> There's not quite enough information here to identify your
>> motherboard, but you should make sure there aren't any BIOS upgrades
>> available for it, as those might help resolve t
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:17:06 -0700
Chuck Swiger wrote:
> There's not quite enough information here to identify your
> motherboard, but you should make sure there aren't any BIOS upgrades
> available for it, as those might help resolve this level of issue.
>
> Check your BIOS config for the disks
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:53:30 -0700 (PDT)
Rich wrote:
> I tried this but pressing F2 doesn't do anything.
Sorry - I meant Alt-F2 to switch VTYs.
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Ok I booted on that disc and it hangs at the same place. not sure what to do
next.
What is the "fixit" menu?
From: Ryan Coleman
To: Rich
Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 6:23:45 PM
Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this ca
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Randi Harper wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Rich wrote:
>> I'm trying to boot on the 9.0 Current or 8.0 Release CD to install and it
>> just
>> hangs on;
>>
>> "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "
>>
>> I've waited almost an hou
is there somewhere I can get the 8.0 live CD?
From: Polytropon
To: Bruce Cran
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Rich
Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 4:34:18 PM
Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a
while)... "
On Tue,
Motherbd is Foxconn Digitalife A79A-S. BIOS settings don't make any difference.
From: Chuck Swiger
To: Rich
Cc: FreeBSD -
Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 4:17:06 PM
Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a
while)... &
; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org;
freebsd-sysinst...@freebsd.org
Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 5:53:21 PM
Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a
while)... "
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Randi Harper wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Rich
I tried this but pressing F2 doesn't do anything.
From: Bruce Cran
To: Polytropon
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Rich
Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 4:16:27 PM
Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a
while)...
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:16:27 +0100, Bruce Cran wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:59:58 +0200
> Polytropon wrote:
>
> > I would suggest to boot with the live system CD, e. g. of 8.0-RELEASE.
> > It should not launch sysinstall automatically (you can even boot the
> > CD into SUM), so you end up wit
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Rich wrote:
> I'm trying to boot on the 9.0 Current or 8.0 Release CD to install and it
> just
> hangs on;
>
> "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "
>
> I've waited almost an hour. how long is it supposed to take? It would be nice
> if
> th
Hi--
On Jul 19, 2010, at 3:38 PM, Rich wrote:
> Ok well at least that's good to know. So I disconnected my hard drives and
> now
> it boots up further on the CD only but obviously I can't install it with no
> hard
> drives. Why does it hang on my drives and what can I do about it? They are
>
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:59:58 +0200
Polytropon wrote:
> I would suggest to boot with the live system CD, e. g. of 8.0-RELEASE.
> It should not launch sysinstall automatically (you can even boot the
> CD into SUM), so you end up with a regular shell. First, check all
> the kernel's output for thing
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:38:20 -0700 (PDT), Rich wrote:
> Ok well at least that's good to know. So I disconnected my hard drives and
> now
> it boots up further on the CD only but obviously I can't install it with no
> hard
> drives. Why does it hang on my drives and what can I do about it? They
-questions@freebsd.org
Sent: Mon, July 19, 2010 3:05:32 PM
Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a
while)... "
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:16:46 -0700 (PDT)
Rich wrote:
> "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "
>
> I&#
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:16:46 -0700 (PDT)
Rich wrote:
> "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "
>
> I've waited almost an hour. how long is it supposed to take? It would
> be nice if there were a status bar or spinning wheel or something to
> let you know if it's doing anythin
I'm trying to boot on the 9.0 Current or 8.0 Release CD to install and it just
hangs on;
"Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "
I've waited almost an hour. how long is it supposed to take? It would be nice
if
there were a status bar or spinning wheel or something to let y
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