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From: jacques@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Jacques Legare)
Subject: ``Simple'' questions ...
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 18:13:39 GMT
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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