From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 23 15:53:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA04860 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 15:53:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from anch01.customcpu.com (anch01.customcpu.com [198.70.210.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA04853 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 15:53:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from al7oj@customcpu.com) Received: from FreeBSDrulz ([207.14.79.54]) by anch01.customcpu.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO205-101c) ID# 0-42538U2500L250S0) with SMTP id AAA50; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 14:53:23 -0900 From: "Michael A.Endsley" Reply-To: al7oj@customcpu.com To: Mike Smith Subject: Re: Installing 3.0-R from CD Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 14:50:35 -0900 X-Mailer: KMail [version 0.7.9] Content-Type: text/plain Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199811232346.PAA00744@dingo.cdrom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <98112314524802.00439@FreeBSDrulz> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have sat here for about 2 minutes and just watched the "boot" prompt just keep flashing by. If I type "?" at the prompt, it will access the CD, but comes back saying that it can't find any files. How long should I try waiting? Thanks On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Mike Smith wrote: >> 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