From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 19 16:44:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.taconic.net (mail.taconic.net [205.231.144.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C909137B422 for ; Sat, 19 Aug 2000 16:44:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ercda (taconic-aa-p181.taconic.net [205.231.151.181]) by mail.taconic.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id e7JNbp306853 for ; Sat, 19 Aug 2000 19:37:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000801c00a26$085cac20$0200a8c0@ercda> From: "Robert Stanley" To: Subject: hang in install Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 17:40:02 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01C00A04.80D58E00" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C00A04.80D58E00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I'm trying to install freebsd(4.1) on an old laptop (old notejet 486 = with 8M of ram). I copied over (after downloading to my desktop) the = binary dist, the manual pages, docs, info, and games -- using interlink. = On my laptop i put them into the C:\freebsd\bin ..\manpages ..\docs = ..\info and ..\games directories. The rebooted the computer with install = disk in. I configured the kernel removing conflicts (7 netcards and 1 pc = card were in conflic, i removed the netcards) It said pc card (slot(s)) = detected is this the medium you wish to use, i said no, then selected = ms-dos partition. I then went and made the slice (the HD is 800M and = when i used fdisk the last time i gave DOS-WIN 300M and left the rest = for freebsd) and made a 350M slice for freebsd, i used to autoconfigure = to break it up and continued. I then selected the various distributions = i wanted under the custum>> tag. hit enter and agreed this was what i = really wanted to do.. after about 2 seconds the machine stopped, this = is what was displayed making a new root filesystem on /dev/rad0s2a (i waited about 30 minutes = then gave up) I've never installed any version of *inx before (this project is to get = my feet wet) and any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Stanley ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C00A04.80D58E00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello,

I'm trying to = install=20 freebsd(4.1) on an old laptop (old notejet 486 with 8M of ram). I copied = over=20 (after downloading to my desktop) the binary dist, the manual pages, = docs, info,=20 and games -- using interlink. On my laptop i put them into the=20 C:\freebsd\bin ..\manpages ..\docs ..\info and ..\games = directories.=20 The rebooted the computer with install disk in. I configured the kernel = removing=20 conflicts (7 netcards and 1 pc card were in conflic, i removed the = netcards) It=20 said pc card (slot(s)) detected is this the medium you wish to use, i = said no,=20 then selected ms-dos partition. I then went and made the slice (the HD = is 800M=20 and when i used fdisk the last time i gave DOS-WIN 300M and left the = rest for=20 freebsd) and made a 350M slice for freebsd, i used to autoconfigure to = break it=20 up and continued. I then selected the various distributions i wanted = under the=20 custum>> tag. hit enter and agreed this was what i really wanted = to do..=20 after about 2 seconds the machine stopped, this is what was=20 displayed

making a new root filesystem on = /dev/rad0s2a (i=20 waited about 30 minutes then gave up)

I've never installed any version of = *inx before=20 (this project is to get my feet wet) and any help would be=20 appreciated.

Thanks in advance,=20 Stanley

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