system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "

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Rich <rl001@pacbell.net>

Date

19 Jul 2010 20:43:28

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system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "

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Bruce Cran, Randi Harper (freebsd-sysinstall) , Randi Harper

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Bruce Cran, Rich, Polytropon, Bruce Cran, Chuck Swiger, Randi Harper, Randi Harper (freebsd-sysinstall) , Polytropon, Garrett Cooper (freebsd-sysinstall) , Rich, Rich, Rich, Rich, Garrett Cooper, Rich (freebsd-sysinstall) , Rich, Bruce Cran, Bruce Cran, Randi Harper, Rich, Rich

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I'm trying to boot on the 9.0 Current or 8.0 Release CD to  install and it just
hangs on;
 
"Probing devices,  please wait (this can take a while)... "
 
I've waited almost an hour. how long is it supposed to take? It would be nice if
there were a status bar or spinning wheel or something to let you know if it's
doing anything or hung. What can I do to get this to install.
 
AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core 2.20 GHz
2G RAM
 
Drive:
Seagate ST31000333AS