Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 21:42:23 -0400 From: Nathan Mace <mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu> To: "jason" <jasonc@concentric.net>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Missing Operating System Message-ID: <20010916214223.57b1081a.mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu> In-Reply-To: <000d01c13f18$213b8b80$89941bd8@speakeasy.net> References: <000d01c13f18$213b8b80$89941bd8@speakeasy.net>
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it sounds to me like it isn't installing a bootloader. did you tell it to install on the MBR? maybe it's in the post-install configs? of course there's not way to tell without that long d/l AGAIN. do you have access to a CD-writer? instead of d/ling it 50 billion times why not get an iso image? that way it won't take so long if you ever have to re-install nathan On Sun, 16 Sep 2001 21:29:00 -0400 "jason" <jasonc@concentric.net> wrote: > 4 times in a row now I have had the same trouble. I have a old Pentium 100 > box with 500MB SCSI drive which is not upgradeable because due to BIOS > issues. > > I had a minimal BSD install and Sendmail running before but somehow screwed > up Sendmail to the point it would not run anymore. I was trying to find a > way to make sendmail relay for certain individuals who have accounts without > having using their own email programs. > > Because things were so bad I decided to start over from scratch but am > unable to boot the OS. Here is what I am doing: > 1-Booted on Floppy created with latest flp files on the freebsd ftp site. > 2-Selected auto for the partitioning and file system creation. > 3-Selected minimal for install type. > 4-Selected ftp.freebsd.org as install media source. > 5-Selected Commit. > > It takes hours to download and install over my 144k IDSL line and when > completed it asks if I want to view any post install options. I say no and > exit the installer. > It reboots and after the memory check it states "Missing Operating System" > and freezes. > > I have done this 3 times now and have had the same result. The version it > is trying to install is 4.3-Release (at least that's what it tells me. > > any ideas? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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