We're going to install *NIX systems on 4-5 servers so I though't I'd try different distros out to see w/ distro would be powerfull enough to do the stuff we need to do but also be easy enough for each server owner to install/configure.

Installed Slackware & Debian and now I'm in the middle of a freeBSD installation.

I'm doing the installs on a Virtual Drive (WMWare) to ease each isntallation up, less hassle.

Everything is easy enough when it comes to installing BSD but, here comes the problem.

It starts out fine w/ a 900KB/sec transfer from the CD.
Then, it slowly goes down on the first part of the install and ends up on 200KB/sec.

Then, when it goes over to Extracting the docs into / it slows down to 1-3KB/sec and as the looks of it, it halts.
No error, nothing, it's just extreamly slow.

I've been installing it now for over 4hrs, it's still on 55% on "Extracting doc into / directory".
Any ideas why?

The install is also using 100% CPU.
This could ofcourse be due to WMWare, but freeBSD is supported.

Installing FreeBSD-5.1


Any pointers/ideas would be appreciated.

It sounds like it's due to VMWare. Try an install without it.

Jeremy