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Subject: kern/4653: In v2.2.2, install fails with "cannot create /kernel"
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>Number:         4653
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       In v2.2.2, install fails with "cannot create /kernel"
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          support
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Sep 29 10:10:01 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Sean Cull
>Organization:
Career Development Institute
>Release:        v2.2.2
>Environment:
Pentium 133, 32 megs ram, Gigabyte motherboard, 2.1 gig Western Digital hard disk
>Description:
I've never done this before, so please bear with me. I recently got v2.2.2 of FreeBSD.
When I try to install it from CD or Dos partition, no matter which installation method
I use, when I start the installation procedure, I get "cannot create /kernel" and then
the install halts, and it returns back to the install screen, saying that installation
was completed, but with some errors. But, after rebooting, it is clear that nothing
has been installed.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Perhaps it could be a bad CD???

>How-To-Repeat:
Novice install, from either CD or Dos partition.
>Fix:
No idea.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: