help - it hangs hard

[Lowell Gilbert]

Ron Riese <logicon at zipcon.com> writes:

> Got Freebsd 4.8 disk from cheapbytes.  When I install I go through
> driver selection in "Kernel Configuration Menu" and adjusted all but
> address for floppy drive which is 03F0.  It cannot be changed.  All of
> my systems (win) show this as 03F2.  Even tried to eliminate the driver
> entirely.  Same result.  Tried on my amd k6/2 and Pentium  200 MHz
> platform with same result.  Tried OpenBSD and it hangs too after it
> displays its "automatic" (I guess) configuration.  Can't determine how
> to narrow the problem to disk or my hardware.  Any help appreciated.

Does it have a problem without adjusting the parameters at all?
Can you install with the floppy disconnected?