Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 17:28:00 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> To: Eddie White <ewhite@ms1.nwla.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install dies Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970524172720.20368F-100000@aak.anchorage.net> In-Reply-To: <199705240605.BAA19925@ms1.nwla.com>
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On Sat, 24 May 1997, Eddie White wrote: are you giving yourself enough room in you partitions for what you're loading? what is your debug output? ttyv1 ... > when i posted my first message, we were dog tired and so maybe i didn't > leave enough info. > > trying to install fbsd 2.1.5 (i bought the cd and never used it) on a > gateway 2000, 486dx2, western dig ide drive (520m) and 16m ram. > > during the install we loaded win95 just to test the hardware; all worked ok. > > we built the boot floppy. the box boots and we can go through all the disk > partition stuff (novice mode, we come from at&t 3B world). when we commit > to the install, it says its loading drivers, etc. to the hard drive. we > then get a window talking about copying /documentation and it hangs with 1%. > we see a burst of activity on the cd, a burst of activity on the hd, and > that's it. > > we have tried different partion settings, with and without win95; the same > result. > > anyone got any ideas? i rule out a hardware problem since win95 loads and > runs fine. > > thanks, > eddie > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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