Installation Hang

[Nick P.]

>Alt - F2 will give you a screen of console messages that were >experienced during different stages of your installation. Look >for error messages or messages that have been printed in FULL >CAPITALS.
K.

>Bin is the first major read operation from the CD-ROM that >occurs using the FreeBSD drivers and since you say it doesn't >boot the CD-ROM sometimes after reboot I'm lead to believe that >you are having problems here.
It hangs at varying points, often in Bin, sometimes in docs or ports.

>1 - (Easy) Disable the CD-ROM in BIOS and try a Floppy -> FTP
>install. Does it still hang up? 
Yes I tried FTP installs many times.

>2 - (Remotely possible) Does your CD-ROM exist in your system on >the same IDE channel as the HDD? If so and you are using any of >the ATA options you might try and split it from the HDD and put >it into the second chain. In other words unplug the CD-ROM from >the one cable and use the other cable in your system.
I'd have to check that one out, I don't remember how it's configured.  Those are some real gymnastics to get the OS installed.  :-|

Thanks for your suggestions.

-Nick

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