sysinstall Hangs When Probing Devices on 5.4

Greg Barniskis nalists at scls.lib.wi.us
Mon Sep 19 12:57:25 PDT 2005


Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> I have run the 4.x versions on this exact same hardware with no 
> sysinstall issues.  I upgraded to 5.4 using the installation CD and 
> sysinstall ran fine during the install.  However after installing my 
> system and doing a full boot, sysinstall just "hangs" at probing on any 
> attempt to run from the command line as any user including root.  It 
> does not respond to either 'kill' or 'kill -9'.  The only way to get rid 
> of the process is a reboot.  Any ideas on why I'm seeing this behavior?  
> How can I go about troubleshooting?

Like Garrett, I also have one PC that just takes awhile to come up, 
though most are pretty quick. So, try patience first.

Another suggestion - if you've external USB devices, esp. storage, 
unplug 'em from the PC and see if the system comes up without 'em. I 
had a fun time with an external HD hanging my startups until I 
learned to only attach it after everything else was up. Never did 
figure out exactly why (not enough time to play with it once a 
workaround was presented).

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