Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 09:27:23 -0500 From: "Mike Partyka" <mpartyka@mn.rr.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Install and reboot. . .? Message-ID: <005301c0c4ef$05bb6950$8afd1941@master>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01C0C4C5.1CCCF750 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I am attempting to install the latest Stable version (4.2) of Free BSD. = I dowenloaded the .iso off www.frebsd.com and dupped a CD. I boot from the CD to get into the installation and configuration menu. = I had a little trouble with the menu navigation at firstbut worked past = that.=20 I finish with the installtion menu's and seem to be lacking a final "OK" = selection, so to speak, which will reboot the computer and load into = BSD. instead basically i end up back at the very first menu from which = all the others spawn. Which has selections about what kind of = installation i want, ie Express, Standard, Custom. I have tried all = three installtion and i always end up back at the menu since you make a = selection and your choices are really only "Cancel" or "Exit- Return to = previous menu". When i end up at this first menu again after making all = necessary selections i then choose " Exit Install" and remove the CD and = change my boot order back to A,C,EXT. After the BIOS screens i then get = this where i am stopped. >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernal boot: No /kernal This message repeats approximately four times then stops there. My hard = drives are two fairly new EIDE drives. one is a Western Digital 15G and = a 46G Quantum, both on the same primary IDE channel, with the Quantum = being the Master and the Wetern Digital being the Slave.=20 Is this problem due to one or both of my drives? When partitioning them = i use (A)ll drivespace and have the installation (A)uto-allocate space. Or is this some installation step i have overlooked? Please help!! Getting this set up so i can practice and start using UNix = at home would be GREAT.=20 Thanks Tarmon ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01C0C4C5.1CCCF750 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am attempting to install the latest = Stable=20 version (4.2) of Free BSD. I dowenloaded the .iso off <A=20 href=3D"http://www.frebsd.com">www.frebsd.com</A> and dupped = a=20 CD.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I boot from the CD to get = into the=20 installation and configuration menu. I had a little trouble with the = menu=20 navigation at firstbut worked past that. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I finish with the = installtion menu's and=20 seem to be lacking a final "OK" selection, so to speak, which will = reboot the=20 computer and load into BSD. instead basically i end up back at the very = first=20 menu from which all the others spawn. Which has selections about = what kind=20 of installation i want, ie Express, Standard, Custom. I have tried all=20 three installtion and i always end up back at the = menu since you=20 make a selection and your choices are really only "Cancel" or "Exit-=20 Return to previous menu". When i end up at this first = menu again=20 after making all necessary selections i then choose " Exit Install" and = remove=20 the CD and change my boot order back to A,C,EXT. After the = BIOS=20 screens i then get this where i am stopped.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernal</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>boot:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>No /kernal</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This message repeats approximately four = times then=20 stops there.</FONT> <FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My hard drives are = two fairly=20 new EIDE drives. one is a Western Digital 15G and a 46G Quantum, both on = the=20 same primary IDE channel, with the Quantum being the Master and the = Wetern=20 Digital being the Slave. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Is this problem due to one or both of = my drives?=20 When partitioning them i use (A)ll drivespace and have the installation=20 (A)uto-allocate space.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Or is this some installation step i = have=20 overlooked?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Please help!! Getting this set up so i = can practice=20 and start using UNix at home would be GREAT. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Tarmon</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01C0C4C5.1CCCF750-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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