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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!nntp.gmd.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!thorin!brewhq.swb.de!news.th-darmstadt.de!hrz-ws11.hrz.uni-kassel.de!phase23!citylink.dinoex.sub.org!peter From: peter@citylink.dinoex.sub.org (Peter Much) Subject: Re: install problem Organization: Buero fuer Sektenforschung und Qualitaetspruefung in der Esoterik Message-ID: <D9t830.F5G@citylink.dinoex.sub.org> References: <3r0s9j$sgn@crl12.crl.com> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 15:52:12 GMT Lines: 18 In article <3r0s9j$sgn@crl12.crl.com>, Keith Tomkins <katmandu@crl.com> wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD 2.0 from the CD on to a Maxtor 540 >IDE drive. I originally tried to install DOS on the first partition of >300 megs with the other 200 used for FreeBSD. When that was unsuccesfull, >I tried allowing FreeBSD to use the entire disk. In either case, the install >hangs when when the dialog box says: > "unzipping /stand/sysinstall onto hard disk" Harddisk LED on or off? LED on often means hardware trouble, loose inter- rupt jumper, loose slot or the like. Same drive works here just fine. Configured with 1057 cyls in mainboard conf and everywhere else. Peter -- Write to: Peter Much * Koelnische Str. 22 * D-34117 Kassel * +49-561-774961 peter@citylink.dinoex.sub.org much@hrz.uni-kassel.de p.much@asco.nev.sub.de