From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 17 15:40:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA25663 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 17 May 1996 15:40:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA25658 for ; Fri, 17 May 1996 15:40:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from LOCALHOST (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA09193; Fri, 17 May 1996 15:44:48 -0700 Message-Id: <199605172244.PAA09193@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu: Host LOCALHOST didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: myoung@cr.island.net (Michael Young) cc: install@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation fails on root file system init... In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 17 May 1996 17:27:06 GMT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 15:44:47 -0700 From: Doug White Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >I am making my first attempt at installing FreeBSD 2.1.0 RELEASE and > >am hitting a snag during the hard disk initialisatin process. > > >The system is an AST Premium 386DX with 6MB RAM, an 88MB IDE WD hard > >drive, 1.44MB (A:) and 1.2MB (B:) floppy drives, a couple of serial > >ports and an NE2000 network card. Nothing particularly exotic, as you > >can see. > >The hard disk init. begins and the hard disk light flashes at 3-4 sec > >intervals as the root file system is initialised. After about 15-20 > >mins the init. process halts and reports a "Command returns 36", or > >words to that effect (I don't have the system nearby). And that's as > >far as it'll go. Hit ALT-F2 while it's "initing" (newfs?) the partition, and see if you can catch the actual error message. > > >So, here are my questions: > > >- Is this machine too weak / too old to run FreeNSD? You won't get around too quickly, but it will work. > >- Is an 88MB hard disk too small for the "User" config? It's pushing it. You won't have much space to do anything. > >- If so, what is the minimum amount of disk space needed? Depends on how much junk you're going to accumilate :-) I have a 540mb disk dedicated that I've filled, but I have way to many packages installed. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major