Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 08:17:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Milscvaer <millueradfa@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Failed installation of FreeBSD 5.4 Message-ID: <20050812151702.51517.qmail@web54507.mail.yahoo.com>
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I am attempting to install FreeBSD on a Pentium system (133 Mhz Intel). The system already had 4.6 on it so I wished to delete the 4.6 system from the filesystem and install 5.4 onto the same UFS filesystem, while keeping /usr/home in place. I deleted everything except /usr/home (which I want the installer to leave in place anything inside there) (and except for the kernel perhaps, but that will get overwritten anyway right by the new install?), and then booted from 5.4 boot disks to install FreeBSD. I figured that this should work ok since I have done it before when upgrading from 4.6 to 4.9 on another system and everything went fine. The install program seem to complete successfully, I then rebooted the system, but the boot process stopped at the boot prompt, making beeping sounds. I tried the installation process again but with same result. I have heard about the lapse in quality and useability since 5.x, and now I am more inclined to believe it. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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