From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 10 6:43:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.effectnet.com (mail.effectnet.com [216.190.185.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31ECF37B6BD for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2000 06:43:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdickes@effectnet.com) Received: from dell001nt [209.219.243.7] by mail.effectnet.com (SMTPD32-6.03) id A6157DB50194; Sat, 10 Jun 2000 06:43:49 -0700 Message-ID: <002701bfd2e1$e936cae0$89180c0a@effectnet.net> From: "jdickes" To: Subject: unshure where to post Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 06:43:50 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0024_01BFD2A7.3C993C30" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01BFD2A7.3C993C30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, i ust finished reading through both freeBSD install previews=20 and i followed all the instructions that and im still having=20 problems.. i believe im useing 3.3 but am trying to get the new 4.0 anywas ... i do everything as described in both your installs. and when i reboot=20 first of all it can't load the kernel. and after i finally get into the system theres no login prompt theres=20 nothing after the dmesg it just says : unable to find /etc/rc enter complete path to shell {press enter for default /bin/sh} after that i have no other option to use sh... uugh then when i get into that theres nothing in the /usr dir and my 13 gig=20 hdd isn't monted (it should be mounted on /usr) i try the mount command=20 and it cannot find a valid block device. non of my ports are installed... and no editor not even vi.. btw no=20 other medium will mount eather i tryed to mount cdrom and nothing.. any suggestions... thx jon Thxix. thxix@effectnet.com ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01BFD2A7.3C993C30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,
    i ust=20 finished reading through both freeBSD install previews
and i = followed all=20 the instructions that and im still having
problems..

i believe im useing = 3.3 but am=20 trying to get the new 4.0 anywas ...

i do everything as described = in both=20 your installs. and  when i reboot
first of all it can't load = the=20 kernel.

and after i finally get into the system theres no login = prompt=20 theres
nothing

after the dmesg it just says :

unable = to find=20 /etc/rc
enter complete path to shell {press enter for default=20 /bin/sh}

after that i have no other option to use sh... = uugh

then=20 when i get into that theres nothing in the /usr dir and my 13 gig =
hdd isn't=20 monted (it should be mounted on /usr) i try the mount command
and it = cannot=20 find a valid block device.

non of my ports are installed... and = no editor=20 not even vi..   btw no
other medium will mount eather i = tryed to=20 mount cdrom and nothing..

any=20 suggestions...
thx
jon
Thxix.
thxix@effectnet.com


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