Re: 2.8 i386 install hangs...

[Jeff Ross <openbsd_misc@rossandgram.com>]

This is just a followup message so the archives have some sort of answer
to my posted question.

I tried the 2.9 ftp install this morning and things went smoothly.  No
hangs, no appreciable delays.

Jeff Ross


On Wed, 30 May 2001, Jeff Ross wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to install 2.8 i386 on an Compaq Deskpro 80486 with 8 megs of
> ram, via ftp, and then later, via local disk.
> 
> The installation consistently hangs after downloading 26% of the
> base28.tgz package, about 5 megs worth of the file is downloaded.
> 
> I'm actually using 2 small disks--one 400 megs and the other 200.  I got
> an inspired thought and downloaded all of the .tgz files to the smaller
> disk and then restarted the installation, this time skipping fdisk and
> disklabel for the second disk.
> 
> I then chose to install from local disk.  This got me through 96% of the
> base28.tgz package.  So close!  If I skip the base28 package, I can
> successfully install etc28.tgz and bsd.  The nest package is apparently
> too big, though, because again, the system just hangs and has to be
> powered off.
> 
> My hunch is that I need some way to enable swap before package
> installation..  The FAQ gives directions for enabling swap _after_ package
> installation and before MAKEDEV--I need it on before.  I think.
> 
> Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Jeff Ross