Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 02:02:21 -0400 From: "Francisco Reyes" <fran@reyes.somos.net> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "sean.lawrence@cantire.com" <sean.lawrence@cantire.com> Subject: Re: Should I continue? Message-ID: <200006120601.CAA03699@sanson.reyes.somos.net> In-Reply-To: <OFAC2377EE.72C42710-ON812568FC.00032417@cs.ctc>
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On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 00:40:56 -0000, sean.lawrence@cantire.com wrote: >I have sucessfully installed FreeBSD on my system except I somehow >completed the install without hitting half of the screens described in the >"Newbie Install" web pages. Which distribution did you use? Xuser, User, minimun.. >I now boot to an OK> prompt and from some >intitive deductions figured out how to load the kernel.GENERIC and boot >from there. The boot process should have been automatic. If you just let it go through and don't touch your keyboard it is supposed to come up. >Should I wipe everything and start over or should I use the >sysinstall to complete the sections I missed. "Sections Missed"? Why do you say you are missing? The instructions you read I believe were for 2.X if I recall correctly. It also has to do with which distribution you used. >is that a Kernel was never generated from the selections I did make or is >this the generic kernel in the root directory? A new install always uses the GENERIC kernel. it is not until you roll your own that it is replaced. Francisco To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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