Failure to probe devices

[Lowell Gilbert]

Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays at rogers.com> writes:

> I have a Pentium 4 1.8 Ghz on an ASUS P4S533 motherboard.  FreeBSD
> 5.1 fails to install - it just hangs while probing for devices, and I
> left it for
> many minutes.  There is no ZIP or JAZZ drive; just an IDE disk and
> an LG CD-RW drive.
> 
> This machine installs and runs FreeBSD 4.7 with no problems, and the CD
> for 5.1 has been used successfully on other machines.  Any clues, please?

You don't provide much information here -- particularly for an "early
adopters only" version of the OS.

Does this still occur with 5.2?
Did the suggestions in the 5.1-RELEASE errata help?  Or even change
  anything at all?

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