From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 16 15:41:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA08131 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 15:41:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA07999 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 15:39:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA04024; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 10:09:47 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id KAA23569; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 10:09:46 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980117100946.25067@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 10:09:46 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: jackson@msrce.howard.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: easy install? I think not! References: <9801162306.AA17048@negril.msrce.howard.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <9801162306.AA17048@negril.msrce.howard.edu>; from jackson@msrce.howard.edu on Fri, Jan 16, 1998 at 06:06:30PM -0500 Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Fri, Jan 16, 1998 at 06:06:30PM -0500, jackson@msrce.howard.edu wrote: >> subscribe freebsd-questions > Sorry for that. > > Problem description: > I've been trying to install freebsd 2.2.5 on a packard bell 70Mhz pentium from > the Walnut Creek CDROM for the past few days with no luck. This computer belongs > to a friend who needs unix for class work, but she doesn't know anything about > the hardware. As far as I can tell it has 1 ide hard drive, 1 ide cd drive a > pci video card and a modem. It boots fine, from a floppy, (after I disable all > the devices with irq conflicts). I can then repartition the hard disk set up > the freebsd partitions and then select the install files (X-Developer) and the > distribution media CDROM. It then tells me this is my last chance to abort. > After an ok, the installer makes all the file systems, puts booteasy on the MBR > and then stops with an error saying that an emergency shell has been started on > vty4. This message is normal, assuming we're talking about the same one. What makes you sure that the installation has stopped? The messages on the log window (Alt-F2) will tell you that if there's nothing on the main installation window. > Alt-f4 takes me to a shell with a '#' prompt, which I assume is run > from the flopy since very few commands work. Alt-f2, I think, takes > me to a log window which doesn't appear to have any error > messages. I then tried to copy the install files to the hard drive. You're unlikely to be successful like that. > Running view I started the necessary program and configured it to > copy the necessary files. Even that gave me an error, something > like 'x32bin.tgz not found'. I then deselected xf86, and the files > were copied to the hard drive. Trying the installer again, using > the hard disk for the install media this time, gave the same results > as noted above. I also noticed that the installer goes into an > infinite loop after an error from the first screen to the first > partition screen and back to the first screen. > Questions: > Is this a hardware problem? Possibly. We need to know the last messages from the log window to determine what the problem is. > Is there another way to install freebsd without using the installer? Yes, but you don't want to know about it. It won't make things any easier. > Is this a problem with the Walnut Creek CD? Not with the distribution. Maybe with the individual CD-ROM. The output of the log window can help answer this question, too. > What other distributions of freebsd are out there? None better. They're mainly copies of the Walnut Creek CD-ROM. > Has the freebsd web site been down for the past few days? Yes. It suffered serious hardware damage, and it took a while for it to come back up again. Things should be OK now, since your message came via it. Greg