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To: Richard Stanaford <rstan@ime.net>
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Subject: Re: First reboot after installation... 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 18 Sep 1997 12:35:19 EDT."
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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 11:28:16 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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You must have somehow not selected the bin dist or your root or /usr
were too small and overflowed.  I can think of no other rational
explanation for that error.

This should have also gone to -questions, not -stable.  This mailing
list is _not_ for the discussion of installation problems.  Thanks.

					Jordan
> 
>   Hello all,
> 
>   Please be aware that I am not currently subscribed to this list.  If you
> respond please be sure to CC it to my email, rstan@ime.net with
> instruction on how to subscribe.  :)  Thank you.
> 
> 	I am having a problem with FreeBSD 2.2.2.  I had elected to do the
> FTP installation and things seem to go fine.  Using the holographic shell
> on tty4, I even go through the file system as it is being built and
> everything looks fine.  I chose to do the minimal installation and then I
> would add XFree86, doc, sources, and so on at a later time.  I get to the
> point where the download is completed and I am told that my machine will
> reboot and start FreeBSD from the hard disk.  As my machine is booting up,
> the devices are probed as you would expect.  But then I see this message :
> 
> /etc/rc:  Can't open /etc/rc
> init:  /etc/spwd.db:  No such file or directory
> Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh:
> 
> Uhm... what is that?  :)  Then, when I perform a "df" to see my disk
> utilization, all I see is : 
> 
> root_device  "some stuff about usage"    /
> 
> My mount points are gone.  I have tried this both with Win95 and FreeBSD
> sharing the HD, and with FreeBSD claiming the entire disk, both with the
> same results.   Any info would be appreciated.
> 
> 	Thank you,
> 	- Richard
> 
>