From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 14 7: 3:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F205837B400 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 07:03:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2930943E4A for ; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 07:03:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6EE3Cbo026700; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 15:03:12 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g6EE371p026699; Sun, 14 Jul 2002 15:03:07 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 15:03:07 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Jethro Borsje Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing BSD Message-ID: <20020714140307.GA26599@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <00db01c22b3d$41545340$0100a8c0@jethro> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00db01c22b3d$41545340$0100a8c0@jethro> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Tel: +44 1628 476614 Marlow Fax: +44 0870 0522645 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message