From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 6 19:51:24 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 5F5211065670 for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2011 19:51:24 +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 D79ED8FC13 for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2011 19:51:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm16 with SMTP id 16so16263449fxm.13 for ; Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:51:22 -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=+B3wIzj/r0uP7CUxcEnSv5CG9IVsLNm0601SC1Na4uE=; b=C84PsTEt+oaG0PnYw35+vwTRPsoVHNwBxskl7YUOIlAxAqEiJZP5tLc9YJTOY7FtMy XxZ1x3Ba/CJZREUBzRUvzFcz9k22Hp6Kva+GJt8pqooqk3lKMXPs/+x4YVUFMM0Zhx+L asz82uom0n8wGn2UhTMWQPkxcOwtXW+l2tG50= 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=bwB1QQh85xNE+fBHhPTHGpIOhGlGLooHAIGAlZtVu/YpINkzGueB8FzzEmv/Y1n5/2 vn31yw8Sp8NIA080g+B9MSbvcp20z58OonX3ZC9aFt9fYOZ6Ko62QINhwwPJBNP6gKr6 2Ft4rasPf/cf8DAWwBeW92JCaqfCDerS1aP7U= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.97.78 with SMTP id k14mr886205fan.89.1294343482647; Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:51:22 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.114.4 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Jan 2011 11:51:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: 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 13:51:22 -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 19:51:24 -0000 On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Adam Vande More wrote: > 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. > I see now the SD Card was not the install target, but regarding the the original point to OP was able to preform other normal operations on the card eg different FS. I don't really think the OP was pressing W initially which is why I didn't say anything earlier, just saying it's worth a check. -- Adam Vande More