Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 21:47:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Michael Roark <static@alpha.telconet.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help with laptop install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970919214640.280U-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.970919140538.18652A-100000@alpha.telconet.com>
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On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Michael Roark wrote: > I am currently trying to install FBSD 2.2.2 on a Hitachi c-120 laptop. I > chose to make this a un*x only machine, so there is no DOS partition to > confuse the issue. > The install went fine - no problems with the ethernet card or detecting > any internals. However, when I went to reboot I got the message 'read > error' along with a very unfriendly blinking cursor. It doesn't seem to > want to read the drive after reboot. > > Any suggestions from the laptop crowd? What's the output of fdisk's partition display? I'm particularly interested in sizes of the partitions...I bet you're violating the 500mb limit. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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