Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:20:15 -0600 From: "Daniel Goldberg" <dgoldberg@tarshis.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: booting off 6.0 cdrom for Install Message-ID: <000001c60d09$1c0cde70$c5ddfea9@storyopom7s0ow>
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Dear FreeBSD forum, Please forgive this question if it seems so elementary. I am a newbie and have googled the matter, searched the FreeBSD.org mailing list archives and read the Handbook and still am in the dark. ISSUE: Trying to install FreeBSD 6.0 from cdrom on my PIII laptop and not reaching an "install" menu. BACKGROUND: I have created a "FreeBSD_Install" cdrom from the 6.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso download. When I boot from the cd I reach a 6-option Boot menu but do not get to the Install menu described in 2.3.1 of the Handbook. Note: If I do try to boot, the boot process itself seems to fail with a "Cannot dump: no dump device defined" following a "Fatal trap 12 page fault while in kernel mode"- in case that illustrates anything, and that's boot attempts with or without APCI. MY SYSTEM: PIII Laptop with recent rev BIOS & 512MB ram Internal hard drive with 3 partitions: 1 Primary NTFS (30GB with XP) 2 Primary FAT32 (6GB for FreeBSD) 3 Primary FAT32 (800MB for swapping between XP & FreeBSD) * The pc definitely allows me to boot from a cd * The MD5 hash on my download matches the published hash * Yes, I am going nuts- being so eager to get this OS up and dig into it! So the basic question is: Is the install process supposed to be as simple as: A create a primary FAT32 partition B boot your machine from the FreeBSD_Install (DISK 1) cd C follow the prompts through the install process Your advice is most appreciated, Daniel Goldberg IT | Post-Production Systems Engineer Avid ACSR (Unity/Windows) Apple ACHDS Microsoft MCP Cisco CCNA email <mailto:Dgoldberg@Tarshis.com> Dgoldberg@Tarshis.com mobile 847.400.7949
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