Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 14:05:55 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: James Diefenderfer <james@worldly.org> Cc: rsowders@usgs.gov, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Viewing sysinstall error messages (was: Dell LM Laptop) Message-ID: <20000610140555.T81728@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3941C360.FBE0700C@worldly.org> References: <OFE17CDAEF.3A363835-ON882568F9.00757D3C@wr.usgs.gov> <3941974F.4B46931F@worldly.org> <20000610114050.L81728@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3941C360.FBE0700C@worldly.org>
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On Friday, 9 June 2000 at 22:26:12 -0600, James Diefenderfer wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: > >> 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, > > Ok, by using Alt-F2, scroll lock and pg up / pg dw I was finally able to view > something. But what I'm viewing, I have no idea : > > Debug Notify: Copying the boot floppy tp /stand on root filesystem > > then it goes through about 2 dozen lines that all start with > /mnt/stand/"filenames" > > at the end of all that is the following: > > DEBUG: Generating /etc/fstab file > cd9660: RockRidge Extension > > Ok, what might all this mean to me ? This all looks OK to me, except that it stopped there. Were there no other error messages? > By "simple" instructions I was referring to chapter 4. Which has an > overtone of "installing this should be simple". I meant no harm. No offence taken, I was just wondering what you were referring to. Note that the chapter starts with references to what to do if you run into trouble. But I suppose that's why you're here. 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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