Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 11:40:28 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Kory Hamzeh <kory@avatar.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation woes Message-ID: <32CA310C.4C1F@barcode.co.il> References: <Pine.BSI.3.91.961231194734.15626A-100000@avatar.avatar.com>
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Kory Hamzeh wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > This is my first FreeBSD install, however, I have a lot of experience > with other unix's. > > I'm trying to install 2.1.5 from the Walnut Creek CD-ROM. Here is a list > of problems I'm having: > > 1. The motherboard is a AMI Merlin DP Pentium PRO 200MHZ. Only on CPU > installed. I have installed 128 meg of ram, but freebsd only seems to see > the first 64 meg of ram. It's in the FAQ: http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ107.html#107 > > 2. When adding packages using sysinstall, it (sysinstall) complains that > it can not find a lot of the packages (including Xfree86!). I made a boot > floppy and boot off of the floppy and installed of the SCSI CD-ROM. > > 3. After installing several packages, sysinstall start complaining that > there was some error and to check to other VTTY. In doing so, I see a lot > of "proc: system full" (or somthing similar to that, I'm not near the > machine right now). This is a bug in sysinstall. Don't use it for installing packages. After you have a running system simply do (as root): pkg_add /cdrom/packages/All/the-pkg > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > Kory Nadav
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