Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 20:28:26 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: Colin <cwass99@home.com> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Install problems Message-ID: <3875413A.76623073@twave.net> References: <XFMail.20000106201633.cwass99@home.com>
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Colin wrote: > On 07-Jan-2000 Walter Brameld wrote: > > I'm about to have a brain hemmorhage now. I decided to redo my whole > > machine, Windows and FreeBSD, (each has it's own hard drive). Have > > installed Windows 98 now, but can't get FreeBSD to install! I don't have > > the cd's, I've done it from both ftp and a dos partition, but now can't > > get either one to work. Windows is on drive C:, attempting FreeBSD on > > drive D:. > > > > I had planned to do a minimal install, restore my /usr/src files, > > cvsup and rebuild. I have the directories C:\FREEBSD, C:\FREEBSD\bin > > with all the files, and C:\FREEBSD\floppies with all the files except > > the pccard directory. Install says it can't find a primary dos > > partition. When I redid the disk, I use Western Digital's EZBios, and > > believe that may be causing the problem. > > I could be wrong, but I would more likely guess that install is barfing on > the fat32 that Win uses by default. Someone else may know better than I if > FreeBSD install will work from that filesystem type ;) As well, from the docs > you have to start the install after booting to dos, not from a dos window. > That would be my second guess at the problem. That's not it. I'm installing using the kern and mfs root floppies, and the install worked fine before from Windows FAT32. As I haven't re-installed very much, I think I may just start over without EZBios. If I knew where the da***ed was installed, I would just kill that. Tried fdisk /mbr, no luck. > > > > > > What is throwing me is not getting my dialup to work. After > > configuration, I go to ALT-F4, then dial. Everything goes fine until my > > isp sends back my dynamic address. I get the error (if memory > > serves....): > > > > PPp ON brameld> Phase: 206.203.119.32: Unacceptable address! (May have > > left part of it out) > > > > I then get lost carrier and disconnect. Does this whether I use PAP > > or do it through term. I have always been successful with this method in > > the past, and haven't a clue as to what is going wrong. ALT-F2 seems to > > be giving good message results, although I had never looked at it when > > things were working. > > > > This, unfortunately, I can't help with given that error message. Maybe > netmask? > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: Colin <cwass99@home.com> > Date: 06-Jan-2000 > Time: 20:11:32 > > This message was sent by XFMail > ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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