From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 18 22:21:35 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 89B2E901 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:21:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-x229.google.com (mail-vc0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c03::229]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 489621C24 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:21:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f169.google.com with SMTP id hq11so13796927vcb.14 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:21:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=XPqLc6zd7Q9+j0JmJed8HGP88XdYDGDmLO7nwdUcjJA=; b=JO5GIhwISnz2bBWMjEAN5Bzwk7s8SNTAhw4zzv54tluIy4Qjw2TFPfUbS3k59UoB5j PdYSsNV/6PMb8CjKKuJNy7mmXaIkkIGW8yertWQYxA5LGPNwD+86rkXeVfuxP2Y0KxBi mLfIKiMaZ+DAtj6SrZ+hQso4rKS70ICORwO5707KLMSPlyCDLAxBd41Ac6xnEG0fIxHq hmTxAkdHyYkGSH6SqhOdgunHX7N4uIKWpojJZ7BVUkm1HNgz/YWYcCIvwY6ihQIxjlhR IZ/VMgPTmkGx5Nj11FK+FyK2I6Rm/YUtF5oCGqyl29C6MN9SnqbjR9dBnmR4lpY4A2IZ zteg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.243.164 with SMTP id wz4mr14760562vdc.31.1392762094294; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:21:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.58.227.73 with HTTP; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:21:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5303D64D.8040504@hdk5.net> References: <5303D64D.8040504@hdk5.net> Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:21:34 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Loading 10.0 on old HD From: B J To: noc@hdk5.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:21:35 -0000 On 2/18/14, Al Plant wrote: > Aloha, > > Where can I find a "how to on" loading the new 10.0 Freebsd onto a HD > which already has a previous version of 9* 8* 7* or Windows on it. > > There is an error I think from the old boot loader from the original OS > on there. > > Error: > > init > The process stops with: > /bin/sh ON /etc/rc > > Then goes to single usr mode: > How can I clean the disk from whatever is stopping the process of > loading the new Loader and OS 10.0 > > I have 7 of these HD's I have tried. > This may not be the answer you're looking for, but whenever I install a new version of FreeBSD on a drive, I usually delete all existing partitions using the Linux utility Parted Magic: http://partedmagic.com/ I don't recall ever having any installation problems after it. On the other hand, one can completely wipe a drive using Darik's Boot and Nuke (also known as DBAN), available from: http://www.dban.org/ B. M. Jatzeck