Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 11:40:50 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: James Diefenderfer <james@worldly.org> Cc: rsowders@usgs.gov, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Viewing sysinstall error messages (was: Dell LM Laptop) Message-ID: <20000610114050.L81728@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3941974F.4B46931F@worldly.org> References: <OFE17CDAEF.3A363835-ON882568F9.00757D3C@wr.usgs.gov> <3941974F.4B46931F@worldly.org>
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On Friday, 9 June 2000 at 19:18:09 -0600, James Diefenderfer wrote: > rsowders@usgs.gov wrote: >> At 06/09/2000 01:03 PM, James Diefenderfer <james@worldly.org> wrote >>> I am receiving the following error durning installation (ver. 3.4 from >>> Greg's Book): >>> >>> "Installation completed with some errors. You may wish to scroll >>> through the debugging message on VTY1 with the scroll-lock feature. You >>> can also chose "NO" at the next prompt and go back into the installation >>> menus to try and retry whichever operations failed". >>> >>> Ok, first I have no idea how to get to the VTY1 that is mention and the >>> book makes no mention of this. Second, I tried the chose no method but >>> I end up back in this same loop. >> >> try your F keys (F1) maybe, it shows whats happening during the system >> load. Hell press em all, can't hurt. Try the top three keys also, (prnt >> screen, scroll lock, pause) No, just the F keys. > yes, i tried all those keys and one actually brought up a screen but > it was blank. i am following the "simple" instructions in Greg's > book but it's of no use.... What do you mean by "simple" instructions? VTY1 is the second VT (normally called /dev/ttyv1; we should update the sysinstall screen). You get to it with Alt-F2. Once you're they're, you can scroll back 3 screens with the PageUp and PageDown keys if you first press Scroll Lock. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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