From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 13 16:03:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA05303 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 13 Aug 1997 16:03:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mackay01.cqit.qld.edu.au (root@cqit.qld.edu.au [203.22.80.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA05298 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 1997 16:03:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carbon.chalmers.com.au (carbon.cqit.qld.edu.au [203.22.80.5]) by mackay01.cqit.qld.edu.au (8.7.3/8.6.9) with ESMTP id IAA15464; Thu, 14 Aug 1997 08:58:42 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <33F23C74.44FCE530@chalmers.com.au> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 09:00:05 +1000 From: Robert Chalmers Reply-To: robert@chalmers.com.au Organization: chalmers.com.au X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vincent Rodriguez CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation. X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: <33F232DB.AA56D8FD@thevine.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, Unless I'm mistaken, you are not giving it a master boot record. I seem to recall the install thingy asks about that. In the install, you make the disk bootable, and it asks you if you want to modufy the Master Boot Record. If you don't get that right, you don't get a 'bootable' (ie, no system) disk. I forget the exact sequence, havent done an install for ages. but thats where the problem is. bob Vincent Rodriguez wrote: > Ok, I have reached a point where my pride has been squished, my snity > shredded, and my patience frayed beyond belief! > > I have been trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.2 on my system for the last > 4 > weeks. My system contains 3 HD's, a Matrox Millenium video card, Sound > > Blaster 32 PnP, AmJet 33.6 fax modem, Quick TSW2 MB, P133 (Intel), 32 > Mb > EDO ram. > wd0 Quantum Fireball 1.2Gb C-2484 H-16 S-63 > wd1 Quantum Fireball 4.3Gb C-14848 H-9 S-63 (This will be my FBSD > drive) > > sd0 DEC DSP3053L SCSI-2 545Mb > > On the main board I have com1/2, lpt1, 2 HD controllers, an Adaptec > AIC-7880 SCSI controller which runs off of PCI#0. > > I currently have Win95 rev B using the 32 bit FAT on wd0. I have tried > > stripping my system to the basics and still have not gotten anywhere. > I > have removed wd0 and sd0 from the system and tried to install with no > luck. I bott from the floppy and begin a novice installation from the > CD-Rom. Everything seems to go just fine. I install some ports, > configure X windows, and everything seems peachy. I reboot and the > system tells me that no operating system is installed. What am I doing > > wrong? During install setup when I set the partitions, I select the > basic choices. (/, swap, /var, /usr). I hope this is enough > information > for someone to help me. I pray that someone will help me. 8^/ > > Much thanks, > Vincent Rodriguez > > -- > It is not whether or not you die, we all die eventually. > It is, in fact, how you have lived, that will make the difference. > No matter how small. -- http://www.chalmers.com.au Books-New & Secondhand Support Whirled Peas. Agents for CIBTC. Associate of Amazon.com, and Partner Program with iBS. Books about China, books from China. Sheng huo jiu shi dou zheng Business Links in Dalian, and Beijing. Building the China Trade