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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!utcsri!info.physics.utoronto.ca!jacques From: jacques@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Jacques Legare) Subject: ``Simple'' questions ... Message-ID: <DKtpAr.6F@info.physics.utoronto.ca> Nntp-Posting-Host: helios.physics.utoronto.ca Sender: news@info.physics.utoronto.ca (System Administrator) Organization: University of Toronto - Dept. of Physics Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 18:13:39 GMT Lines: 25 I've recently installed FreeBSD 2.1.0. At the risk of sounding condescending, I would like to congratulate everyone who worked on this release!!! I'm certain I didn't actually put much of a strain on it, but it's worked marvelously ever since I got it up and running. I did, however, have a small difficulty with the installation. I installed from floppy (no CD-ROM or convenient network connection). The install program hung four times in a row around the ``root.flp'' floppy. The first two times, it hung after reading the root floppy for a few moments. The third time, it hung before inserting the root floppy, and the fourth time, it hung in the same place as the first two times. At this point, I figured I was doing something wrong, so I reset my CMOS settings to ``failsafe'' (I have one of those Win (lose?) BIOSs.). From then on, the installation went like a charm, and everything has worked marvelously since. However, this has left me without a cache (256 kB's worth too), not to mention video and BIOS shadowing. Has anyone ever experienced similar hangs? I would appreciate any guidance in this respect. E-mail responses are greatly appreciated. Thanks alot, Jacques