Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 13:35:52 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: david@hermes.cybernetics.net (David Edwards) Cc: questions@freebsd.org, david@hermes.cybernetics.net Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0 Help ??? (fwd) Message-ID: <199506280405.NAA19552@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199506272152.RAA05063@hermes.cybernetics.net> from "David Edwards" at Jun 27, 95 05:52:28 pm
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David Edwards stands accused of saying: > > Is there a known problem with Installation of 2.0 FreeBSD? Several 8) > > I am attempting an installation on a 486 SX- 25 with 8 Meg of memory. > > Partioning works fine. Assigning and Disklabeling works fine. I am using an > > external CDROM thru a 1542 Adaptec ISA SCSI controller. > > > > After Installing all distributions except secrdist, and XFree86-3.1 > > I have used : > > 10 Meg of 15 Meg for / > > 148 Meg of 278 Meg for /usr > > 65 bytes of 9 Meg for /var That's a really awful partitioning scheme... > > Installation of all software works fine except the XFree86-3.1 > > distribution. The Progress box shows verifying checksums, and then Extracting > > FreeBSD 3.1 distribution. Once this extraction starts, the machine > > quits writing to disk. The machine must be rebooted. How long should > > it take to install the XFree86-3.1 distribution? It only takes a couple of minutes. WHat you haven't noticed is that the XFree install program is running on the second console. Hit Alt-F2 to switch there and continue with the install. > > Please Help... I Just wan't it to install and work correctly!!! > > Thanks in advance. It would also be great to know of someone who > > could answer FreeBSD type questions as they come up. Send mail to majordomo@freebsd.org containing 'help', and subscribe to the freebsd-questions mailing list. > > I previously had FreeBSD 2.0950412-SNAP installed, and working on this machine. > > Everything was working fine, except ELM, and the Network addressing to an > > Internet Connection. I was unable to receive mail from my Internet Connection. > > ELM could not perform a flock operation on the respective mail box. I decided > > to try an installation from an actual FreeBSD RELEASE to see if I could get any > > further. At my place of employment, we have a 486/66 running RELEASE 1.1.5.1 > > of FreeBSD. This machine has a connection to the Internet, and all works fine > > ELM, and receiving of mail. My snap installation was from this machine was has > > RELEASE 1.1.5.1. on it. Installing 2.0R is actually a _major_ downgrade from the 950412-SNAP. If you bought your CDROM from Walnut Creek, return it and ask for a 2.0.5R set. They're due shortly. > > David W. Edwards -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[
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