Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 15:03:07 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Jethro Borsje <jborsje@xs4all.nl> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing BSD Message-ID: <20020714140307.GA26599@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <00db01c22b3d$41545340$0100a8c0@jethro> References: <00db01c22b3d$41545340$0100a8c0@jethro>
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On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 03:48:42PM +0200, Jethro Borsje wrote:
> When I tried to install FreeBSD, I got the following error:
> *Unable to make new root filesystem
> Command returned status 36*.
>
> When I pressed *OK*, I got the following:
> *Douldn't make filesystems properly, aborting*.
That's quite likely to be a hardware issue --- either a dying disk or
an IDE controller that is not properly supported.
> What can I do about this?
If you hit Alt-F2 when you get the 'status 36' mesage, there should be
some more informative error messages visible. That should tell us
exactly what's happening.
Cheers
Matthew
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