From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 2 20:30:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA16388 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 2 May 1998 20:30:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA16062 for ; Sat, 2 May 1998 20:29:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA21558; Sat, 2 May 1998 20:29:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 20:29:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Chris <781185@ican.net> cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installation questions In-Reply-To: <354905AA.9F12C2AB@ican.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Chris wrote: > '' > > Hi, I have some problems w/ installation. I am installing freebsd from > a dos partition. I have a hard disk set up w/ 2 partitions 1 dos and 1 > freebsd. The installation goes fine untill I get to a point where an > install.cfg file is requested. I skip this b/c I do not have an > install.cfg file to load. how can I obtain this file and/or where can I > get the information to create one? You shouldn't need it. Don't select the bottom option in sysinstall -- it's for preset installs only. > That is the first problem. The second is this: After I reboot, freebsd > boots but I get an error that reads something like mounted device does > not mach specified device mount failed. it then goes on to give me a > read-only filesystem Also when freebsd boots I expect to get a login > prompt but this does not happen. Odd for that to happen on an initial load. It's a known 2.2.6 bug tho, see http://www.freebsd.org/releases/2.2.6R/errata.html for a solution. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message