From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 6 19:32:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2D951065674 for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2011 19:32:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 471D58FC18 for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2011 19:32:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm16 with SMTP id 16so16244695fxm.13 for ; Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:32:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=nKo2VBm2RDu9WKzCepMeOOdXC6BGGKcnQgmn6FkB7PA=; b=A2TPAbq85Wrz/BjW7+CFEscpSLa63EMgFQoKglFbINidPljpEUKtnT4ay0bvsO8cPH ulyi/XSBRxoKdhgZSk5cPq4+/xhTLrZSIcFS/rVY3AlfQ7Xhu7JhdUc6M2vOiogGfeKc dX/TxvleHUSAc/6pFELV5U3zuGyWr4uGjW8cw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=Ri+nH8esZjzkC7NyH8Dshftf4vZllDByrDm4J90iAqEpZsg07OvfQjJTETt+/jjiUr YjeXhUJ0ZuUKIusP96idmhA/xpz9aULij7bIzDXMfSur1mVVsew7qlhnLT6sKqWqJXRt zWntD2j6gS7rLFAnY7M+FK/HZxGhKinIPnL1c= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.116.1 with SMTP id k1mr3089750faq.51.1294342377212; Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:32:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.114.4 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Jan 2011 11:32:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20110106230849.H49334@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <20101229120038.3DFB0106591A@hub.freebsd.org> <20101230133126.O36121@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20101231105353.S36121@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20110102102255.00004f57@unknown> <20110102230702.N49334@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20110103022619.O49334@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20110104143245.P49334@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20110105152725.U49334@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20110106160720.B49334@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20110106230849.H49334@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 13:32:57 -0600 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Ian Smith Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Bruce Cran , FreeBSD Questions , Chris Brennan Subject: Re: a new hard-drive in a 2y/o laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:32:58 -0000 On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Ian Smith wrote: > Adam, I think you may have missed a lot from the earlier messages in > this thread. Admittedly it's long and likely tedious, but trying to > help somebody get the OS installed is about as basic as it gets for me; > I'd be hugely relieved if someone with more / better clues took it on. > Actually, I've been following every post since the thread's inception. Despite your listing of generally good advice, the most obvious cause theis error msg(of an admitted newbie) was not explicitly ruled out. I'm simply saying you should start there. > Chris has this issue with one disk only, so I'm not sure what you mean? > Earlier in the thread, the OP stated he tried to install on a Micro SD card and got the exact same result. -- Adam Vande More