From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 23 19:49:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AC551065673 for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:49:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from champagne_dan@yahoo.ca) Received: from web53209.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web53209.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.49.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8DE748FC0C for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:49:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from champagne_dan@yahoo.ca) Received: (qmail 24690 invoked by uid 60001); 23 Nov 2008 19:22:33 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.ca; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=Mma4QI3KixC9yBH2iSsl785ehYI2M+geX4G3RMbxQx3Rr/SRVF4HapItuKlIMBdE23hivMk4xi5rd3E3Z1l/T6d7kdGG1GTnr00icjANTFU/4YvSMsc54H7oUMDk0JbC4ie8/XJM7BGZ30wNYxj0mSHeh9nRFFdX13EVMHup7Y8=; X-YMail-OSG: KPCUZ1wVM1nE9hNRwnQ.3nGx2qtHoGmuCUySRNBRzYXI5sbomtDBgcXGAgf1AcZWDpQHwMFfzWswtuuqYcTUua0Oi7Uc4h_AXnCH2BLkyER9Lmu4ksI2_hfnsbliRBaznl2ILcG5tZStC.ZnolESPS9divy68TOykC6ifUb7gQVQU__kwehUMDpcN26V Received: from [24.57.244.239] by web53209.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:22:33 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.260.1 Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:22:33 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Champagne To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <855676.23866.qm@web53209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Cc: Subject: Help with install, Have checked forum X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: champagne_dan@yahoo.ca List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:49:15 -0000 Hello, I have been using the forums, google, your documents, and any other source to try and get freeBSD 7.0 installed on my system, i have tried the rearranging the IDE, DVDRom, Im using the ISO from your site, I get through some of the install, I keep getting a geometry error and let freebsd fix it, then i get a really crappy error when i think its going to actually mount and install the files, Error mounting /dev/acd0 on /dist: Input/Output eror (5) Any help would be appreciated, because now im at a friends sending this email, because I now have no OS. I have a 1.78Ghz celeron single core, 2gb ram, 160 Western Digital IDE HDD, PCI graphics(onboard disabled) and a DVD/CD burner Thanks Dan. __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.