From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 23 15:47:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA04295 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 15:47:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA04290 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 15:47:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA00744; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 15:46:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811232346.PAA00744@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: al7oj@customcpu.com cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing 3.0-R from CD In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 23 Nov 1998 14:28:57 -0900." <98112314415800.00439@FreeBSDrulz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 15:46:10 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 1). the new 3.0-R is fantastic! Great job to everyone involved > 2). I have a Aptiva E-26 that I have FreeBSD 3.0 installed on. > With the bios set to boot from cd, I am trying to install 3.0-R onto a new > HD. The problem is that for some reason, it can't find the kernel. This is > what I have tried: 1:wcd(0,a)kernel, 1:wcd(0,c)kernel, 0:wcd(0,c)kernel, > 1:cd(0,c)kernel. Nothing that I type will work so that I can use the cd > rather than a boot floppy. I have checked the maillists, the man pages, > the FAQ and Handbook. So far, the answer has eluded me. > What am I missing? Don't type anything at the boot: prompt to boot from CD. Just stick the CDROM in and wait for it to boot automatically. > 3). I had to try several times to get /stand/sysinstall to work after the > "probing" when I installed FBSD on this HD. For some reason, the probe > really messes with input from the keyboard. Whatever key I hit while in > /stand/sysinstall, brings up a small window asking if I really want to > quit. I checked the errata, but found nothing on this. Is this just my > machine? This is a weird and not-yet-understood bug which sometimes occurs in sysinstall. We don't know what's causing it, sorry. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message