From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 22 20:50:38 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA29185 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 20:50:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA29176 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 20:50:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA01774; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 20:47:27 -0800 Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 20:47:27 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: xosphere cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with FreeBSD Install In-Reply-To: <199601211939.LAA08524@slip-1.slip.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 21 Jan 1996, xosphere wrote: > After doing a freebsd install (via ftp) where I dedicated my entire disk (a > Seagate ST3243A), the system would not boot. Did you try using the install floppy and giving the disk explicitly? ie, if your disk is the first IDE disk typing at the boot: prompt: wd(0,a)/kernel Or if it's IDE disk 2: wd(1,a)/kernel SCSI just replace wd with sd. >I tried redoing the install > and the install fails with an error 36 (cannot install root file system). After unsuccessful FreeBSD installs I'd recommend using DOS FDISK and deleting the entire FreeBSD slice to get rid of any leftovers. > also tried to partition the disk with DOS' FDisk and when I create the > partition my machine hangs. Any clue on how to help this!?!?!?!?!? Now THAT I don't understand. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major