Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 20:36:16 PST From: "Danh Nguyen" <dtn12345@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD installation question Message-ID: <19990115043618.5632.qmail@hotmail.com>
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I try to install FreeBSD on my computer, COMPAQ Presario Pentium 16 MHZ. I download the image file and the .exe file and use them to make a boot disk as suggested. Then I download all files in the bin directory into a:\bin\ disks. It takes about 25 floppy disks. Then I turn off my computer and then use a system selector software to make a partition of about 300 MB for FreeBSD. And then I switch from Windows 95 to this disk space, using the software. Then after I turn off and on the computer again, I am in this 300 MB. Then I turn off and on the computer and insert your boot disk. The following appears: boot: -c I choose "kernel configuation in full-screen visual mode" and see 21 conflicts press Q and Y The setup program runs. In the process, I see "wfd0: medium type unknown (no disk)" Then the "/stand/sysinstall Main Menu" appears. I choose "Novice" and ENTER A message windows appears, I press ENTER Then a windows appears. I press D, C, OK, and OK. The following information appears: Offset size End Name Ptype Desc Subtype Flags 0 63 62 --- 6 unused 0 63 1640961 1641023 wd0s1 1 unknown 27 1641024 1846656 3487679 wd0s2 1 unknown 21 3487680 637056 4124735 wd0s3 3 freebsd 165 C I press Q In the "install Boot Manager for Drive wd0?" window, I choose <None> and ENTER In message window, I press ENTER In "FreeBSD Disklabel Editor," I press A. The follwing information appears: Part Mount Size Newfs Part Mount Size Newfs wd0s3a / 32 MB UFSY wd0s3b swap 41 MB SWAP wd0s3e /var 30 MB UFSY wd0s3f /usr 207 MB UFSY I press Q In the "Choose Distributions" window, I choose "User" and ENTER In the "Choose Installation Media" window, I choose "Floppy" and ENTER In the "User Confirmation Request" window, I choose ENTER. In the "Select the Distributions you wish to install" window, I choose "bin" and press ENTER Then the "Message" window appears with the following information: "Installation completed with some errors. You may wish to scroll through the debugging messages on VTY1 with the scroll-lock feature. You can also chose "No" at the next promt and go back into the installation menus to try and retry which ever operations have failed" I press ENTER and "/stand/sysinstall Main Menu" appears again. I then take out the boot disk and turn off and then on my computer. The following appears: F1 ... ?? F2 ... ?? F3 ... FreeBSD Default: F? I press F3 the following appears: cann't find file boot.config cann't find file boot.held >>freeBSD Boot @0x10000:639115360k of memory, internal console Boot default: 0:wd(0,a) kernel boot: cann't find kernel What is the problem? and How can I correct it? Thank you ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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