From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 25 12: 7: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ind.alcatel.com (postal.xylan.com [208.8.0.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02B7137B405 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:07:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhub.ind.alcatel.com (mailhub [198.206.181.70]) by ind.alcatel.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1 (ind.alcatel.com 3.0 [OUT])) with ESMTP id MAA10409 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:06:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Origination-Site: Received: from newman.xylan.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhub.ind.alcatel.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3/(mailhub 3.2.4 [HUB])) with ESMTP id MAA13335 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:06:41 -0700 (PDT) X-InterScan: Passed Received: from wardpc ([143.209.92.191]) by newman.xylan.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GLRZR400.6ZV for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:06:40 -0700 Message-ID: <017d01c15d88$72d32460$a0051cac@utah.xylan.com> From: "Larry Ward" To: Subject: help Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 13:08:35 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_017A_01C15D56.277E3E00" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_017A_01C15D56.277E3E00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am new to FreBSD and I am having no luck in installing. I have = tried version 4.0 and 3.4. It has apparently been installed on this PC = before so I don't think I am having hardware problems. I do go into = Start kernel config in full screen mode and delete devices that have = conf next to them. I then proceed with a Novice install. I am using all of the disk so I = let the fdisk autoconfigure. I select bootMgr. I also let the disk = label auto configure. I select all in the distribuitons I then get an = error: Installation completed with some errors. You may wish to scroll = through the debugging messages on VTY1 with the scoll-lock feature.... I look through the VTY1 terminal but do not see anything abnormal then when I reboot I get a=20 no /boot/loader No /kernel and then a boot: Prompt ------=_NextPart_000_017A_01C15D56.277E3E00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I am new to FreBSD = and=20 I am having no luck in = installing. I=20 have tried version 4.0 and 3.4. It has apparently been installed = on this=20 PC before so I don't think I am having hardware problems. I do go = into=20 Start kernel config in full screen mode and delete devices that have = conf next=20 to them.

I then proceed with a Novice install. I am = using all=20 of the disk so I let the fdisk autoconfigure. I select bootMgr. I = also let=20 the disk label auto configure. I select all in the = distribuitons I=20 then get an error:

Installation completed with = some=20 errors. You may wish to scroll through the debugging messages on = VTY1 with=20 the scoll-lock feature....

I look through the VTY1 terminal but do not = see=20 anything abnormal

then when I reboot I get a

no /boot/loader

No /kernel

and then a = boot: =20 Prompt

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