Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 17:52:28 -0400 (EDT) From: David Edwards <david@hermes.cybernetics.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: david@hermes.cybernetics.net (David Edwards) Subject: FreeBSD 2.0 Help ??? (fwd) Message-ID: <199506272152.RAA05063@hermes.cybernetics.net>
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Forwarded message: > > 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 > >
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