From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 3 00:36:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA22448 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 3 Apr 1998 00:36:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailext02.compaq.com (mailext02.compaq.com [207.18.199.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA22416 for ; Fri, 3 Apr 1998 00:36:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from mail.compaq.com(really [207.18.199.34]) by mailext02.compaq.com via sendmail with smtp id for ; Fri, 3 Apr 1998 02:29:25 -0600 (CST) (Smail-3.2.0.93 1997-Apr-12 #2 built 1997-Dec-21) Received: from papillon.lemis.com(really [202.48.19.19]) by mail.compaq.com via sendmail with smtp id for ; Fri, 3 Apr 98 02:37:08 -0600 (CST) (/\##/\ Smail3.1.30.16 #30.10 built 18-dec-97) Received: (grog@localhost) by papillon.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.6.12) id RAA01117; Fri, 3 Apr 1998 17:32:50 +0900 (JST) Message-ID: <19980403173249.27105@papillon.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 17:32:49 +0900 From: Greg Lehey To: scott@admin.x-mail.net, FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: installing bsd 2.5 References: <9804030714.AA00311@admin.x-mail.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <9804030714.AA00311@admin.x-mail.net>; from Scott Randall on Thu, Apr 02, 1998 at 11:14:23PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Try FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org for your next question, there are more people listening. On Thu, 2 April 1998 at 23:14:23 -0800, Scott Randall wrote: > I am having problems installing the O.S. > either by floppy (created install disks from FTP site) > or by bootable CD-ROM > or by ethernet (ftp) > > The problem seems to be creating a fixed driver list. When you install > you de-select the drivers you don't need and then once finished you > press Q and say either yes or no or cancel.... Well, in fact, when I install I ignore the list of probes unless there is something that I need which is incorrectly configured. > - if I say Yes I get a white square in the top left corner of the > screen > - if I say No, the process keeps booting off the cdrom and I then > install all the packages I don't really understand what you mean by that. > reboot and it can not configure itself because it tries to load > all the drivers. This is definitely a misassumption. > How can I get the configuration file to write to the hard Drive ? You need to explain in terms that we can understand. FreeBSD doesn't load drivers, they're part of the kernel. If a driver doesn't find its device, it says so and forgets about it. That's not a problem. If you're worried about the messages, don't. They're purely informative. > My system: > > P2-225 MHz > 64 Meg sdram > Fujittsu 4 gig ide > Pioneer CD > ps/2 mouse > vga Nothing obviously wrong there. Is there any of that that FreeBSD doesn't find? Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message