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From: David Edwards <david@hermes.cybernetics.net>
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Subject: FreeBSD 2.0 Help ??? (fwd)
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Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 17:52:28 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: david@hermes.cybernetics.net (David Edwards)
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> 
> Is there a known problem with Installation of 2.0 FreeBSD?
> 
> I am attempting an installation on a 486 SX- 25 with 8 Meg of memory.
> Partioning works fine. Assigning and Disklabeling works fine. I am using an
> external CDROM thru a 1542 Adaptec ISA SCSI controller. 
> 
> 	After Installing all distributions except secrdist, and XFree86-3.1
> I have used :   
> 		10 Meg of 15 Meg for /
> 		148 Meg of 278 Meg for /usr
> 		65 bytes of 9 Meg for /var
> 		
> 	Installation of all software works fine except the XFree86-3.1
> distribution.  The Progress box shows verifying checksums, and then Extracting
> FreeBSD 3.1 distribution. Once this extraction starts, the machine quits writing to disk.  The machine must be rebooted. How long should it take to install the
> XFree86-3.1 distribution?
> 
> Please Help... I Just wan't it to install and work correctly!!!
> Thanks in advance.  It would also be great to know of someone who
> could answer FreeBSD type questions as they come up.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I previously had FreeBSD 2.0950412-SNAP installed, and working on this machine.
> Everything was working fine, except ELM, and the Network addressing to an 
> Internet Connection. I was unable to receive mail from my Internet Connection.
> ELM could not perform a flock operation on the respective mail box. I decided
> to try an installation from an actual FreeBSD RELEASE to see if I could get any
> further.  At my place of employment, we have a 486/66 running RELEASE 1.1.5.1
> of FreeBSD. This machine has a connection to the Internet, and all works fine
> ELM, and receiving of mail.  My snap installation was from this machine was has
> RELEASE 1.1.5.1. on it.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> David W. Edwards
> 
> from david@hermes.cybernetics.net
> 
>