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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!vyzynz!news.dacom.co.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.etri.re.kr!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!agate!reason.cdrom.com!usenet From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can't install via FTP... Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 16:47:26 -0700 Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM Lines: 14 Message-ID: <318FE10E.3F54BC7E@FreeBSD.org> References: <3187B95A.498E@rpi.edu> <4mjpkf$fn4@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: time.cdrom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b2 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386) To: James L Fox <jlfox+@pitt.edu> James L Fox wrote: > Can we assume the boot software is recognizing the necessary > hardware [like my ethernet card] when it doesn't complain? Uh, no. :-) There are still a few parameters, like the IO memory address, which can be silently botched. The failure mode is that the install just hangs as it does for you. I would check all my card parameters very carefully with a `-c' boot and verify that it looks correct during the boot sequence. -- - Jordan Hubbard President, FreeBSD Project