From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 1 16:08:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA01967 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 16:08:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from winslow.net66.net (winslow.net66.net [206.139.80.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA01959 for ; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 16:08:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from trout@net66.com) Received: from trout (track92.grandcentral.net [208.214.226.144]) by winslow.net66.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1a) with SMTP id SAA18550 for ; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 18:08:25 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19981101180823.00906100@net66.com> X-Sender: trout@net66.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 18:08:23 -0600 To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Aaron Parmelee Subject: just installed freebsd Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i have just installed freebsd on my machine, along with windowsNT. when started, my machine gives several choices of operating systems to boot. when i choose freebsd, it begins to start, but stops with the flag: init: can't exec /bin/sh for single user: no such file or directory other information: the partitions for freebsd are the ones automatically created by the installation software, plus a 1.2 gigabyte freebsd slice called /bin. not only am i new to freebsd, but i am a moron. what does this mean? any help is appreciated, thanks aaron p To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message