Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 23:35:07 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: Vincent Rodriguez <atgrim@thevine.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD installation. <still :( > Message-ID: <199708150535.XAA16168@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <33F232DB.AA56D8FD@thevine.net> References: <33F232DB.AA56D8FD@thevine.net>
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Vincent Rodriguez writes:
> Ok, I have reached a point where my pride has been squished, my snity
> shredded, and my patience frayed beyond belief!
Hmmm. I installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 on two computers *over the net* week
before last, and short of two power outages, had no problems at all.
> I have been trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.2 on my system for the last 4
> weeks. My system contains 3 HD's, a Matrox Millenium video card, Sound
> Blaster 32 PnP, AmJet 33.6 fax modem, Quick TSW2 MB, P133 (Intel), 32 Mb
> EDO ram.
> wd0 Quantum Fireball 1.2Gb C-2484 H-16 S-63
> wd1 Quantum Fireball 4.3Gb C-14848 H-9 S-63 (This will be my FBSD drive)
>
> sd0 DEC DSP3053L SCSI-2 545Mb
Aha! You have too much stuff in your computer! Send me the Fireball
4.3 immediately; that will solve all your problems! ;^)
> On the main board I have com1/2, lpt1, 2 HD controllers, an Adaptec
> AIC-7880 SCSI controller which runs off of PCI#0.
Well, actually, I don't see any problems with your hardware at all.
Other than I need the Fireball *much* more than you do! ;^)
> I currently have Win95 rev B using the 32 bit FAT on wd0. I have tried
> stripping my system to the basics and still have not gotten anywhere. I
> have removed wd0 and sd0 from the system and tried to install with no
> luck. I bott from the floppy and begin a novice installation from the
> CD-Rom. Everything seems to go just fine. I install some ports,
> configure X windows, and everything seems peachy. I reboot and the
> system tells me that no operating system is installed. What am I doing
> wrong? During install setup when I set the partitions, I select the
> basic choices. (/, swap, /var, /usr). I hope this is enough information
> for someone to help me. I pray that someone will help me. 8^/
One of the usual reasons for this happening is that ever-loving DOS
abortion called "LBA mode." Since you're installing FreeBSD on a 4.3 Gb
disk, I suspect you're probably lying to the system about the disk
geometry. Go back into your BIOS, setup the disk geometry to reflect
what the disk REALLY has, and then re-install FreeBSD. You'll need to
make sure in the slice editor that it knows the REAL geometry as well.
If this doesn't work, send me the 4.3 Gb disk. I'll send you back a
nice 1.2 Gb disk with FreeBSD pre-installed on it. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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