I was redirected here from the tech group. I am trying to install OpenBSD 4.0 on a Dell OptiPlex 745. The computer has a SATA CD-ROM and a SATA hard drive.
After the install/upgrade/shell part, I see a lot of kernel messages. Everything looks normal, and it looks like all of my hardware is detected. The install appears to go okay, but then it hangs after the file sets are copied. It doesn't matter if I select all, some, or the minimal file sets: the installation always hangs after the copy is finished. I tried a separate set of CDs, just to see if that was the issue, but I get the same result. I also tried reducing the size of the root partition to see if that was an issue. Another member suggested that I try Ctrl-Z after the hang. If it stops the job, then the installation program has hung. I tried it. ^Z displays on the screen, but I do not get a shell. Apparently this means that the kernel has hung. I'm trying to get a dmesg, but there's no floppy drive and the network card isn't working yet. I have no idea what's going wrong. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance, Chris -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/4.0-Installation-problems-tf3645668.html#a10181771 Sent from the openbsd user - misc mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
