Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newshub2.home.com!newshub1.home.com!news.home.com!news1.best.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!shellx.best.com!not-for-mail From: tporczyk@best.com (Tony Porczyk) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Installation of 2.2.1 hangs during adding packages Date: 26 Apr 1997 01:20:36 -0700 Organization: BEST Internet Communications Lines: 35 Message-ID: <5jsdsk$1jf@shellx.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shellx.best.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39787 I am trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.1 on a system I used for a couple of previous releases of FreeBSD (without a problem). The installation hangs seemingly randomly during "adding packages". I have tried it three times today, and the last message when it froze was "Adding packages/All/expect-5.22.0.tgz from cd0a". I have some wild guesses as to what is happening, one of them being it is trying to reach something over the net while ppp on demand is still not configured. What blows me away is that there is no message, nothing, it just hangs. That's terrible. I have installed several releases of FreeBSD, had some problems, but never just a hang with no error messages at all (yes, I know of Alt-F2, it had nothing relevant). I guess I would not be as desperate, but in my stupidity I promised someone at the company I consult for to give them a list of problems with the installation of their product on a FreeBSD box (and, obviously, I want to use the latest release) within a few days. Few days are coming to a rapid end, and I don't even have a running box yet. Any pointers would be appreciated. Again, this same box has run the 2.1.5 successfully for quite a while. I am using the "expert" installation (btw, a bootable CD is a real nice touch) procedure. The only thing I can do after the hang is to Ctrl-C and select "abort the Installation" (no other choices). When I reboot from a hard drive, I get the message "Missing Operating System". That after the almost complete installation (looks like the real important configuration items are not committed until after everything has been installed). Any guesses? t. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Porczyk * tporczyk@infobound.com * San Jose, California GIT/ED d++$(!d) s++:++ a? C++++ USLB++++$ P+ E--- W(--) N++ !k w-- M- V? b- PS+++@ PE++ O X-- Y++@ PGP-- t+@ 5++ R* D---- e* V-- h* y** r+++(*)+++(*)>? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------