Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 23:21:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Richard Stanaford <rstan@ime.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reboot after Installation... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970919232006.716Q-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.96.970918163901.15494C-100000@shell.ime.net>
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On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, Richard Stanaford wrote: > /etc/rc: Can't open /etc/rc > init: /etc/spwd.db: No such file or directory > Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh: Three things you don't want to see after an install :-( Somehow the files didn't make it onto your partition. > When I did a "ls" it appeared that I had an /etc dir and a /usr dir and so > on, but when I tried to cd to one of them I got a message saying that I > could not. Wierd. It's like the filesystem was seriously corrupted. > I have tried to allow Win95 and FreeBSD exist on the same drive with a > boot manager and then I even tried allowing FreeBSD to use the entire > disk, bith with the same results. My only guess is FreeBSD is getting fed > the wrong info about the disk geometry. What do you think? :) I think that either: 1. You're trying to install over a previoulsy failed installation 2. Something is messed up with your disk 3. FreeBSD doesn't like your disk You might try with #1, going into DOS fdisk and deleting everything you see. It sounds like the stuff on the disk is relatively expendable. Also try putting a small DOS primary partition on there, then delete it when you get to the FDISK editor in install and make the whole disk FreeBSD. 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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