Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 09:49:20 -0700 (PDT) From: bmk@dtr.com To: spage@freeside.scsd.k12.ny.us (Eric Scott Page) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems Message-ID: <199510261649.JAA19014@dtr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.951026111628.7909A-100000@freeside.scsd.k12.ny.us> from "Eric Scott Page" at Oct 26, 95 11:25:55 am
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> I have just installed BSD and i'm having a couple of problems. BSD will > not boot properly unless i have my installation CD in the CD-ROM. I get > the message "filesystem mount failed, startup aborted > enter pathname of shell or RETURN for SH" You have your cdrom listed in /etc/fstab. Leave a CD in the drive when you boot or you'll always see this message. You could also remove the offending line from /etc/fstab. > I also have a problems when using XWindows. It does not recognize my mouse, > therefore the mouse pointer just sits there. I'm not sure if i'm setting > the mouse type in XF86Config to the correct type for looking for the > device in the /dev directory. I have a Microsoft Mouse on my Gateway 486DX > computer. Any help would be greatly appreciated. It wouldn't happen to be a PS/2-style or bus mouse? If so, neither is supported inthe GENERIC kernel. You'll have to compile a custom kernel to use either style. Look in /sys/i386/conf/LINT for examples. Also, check out the FAQ and FreeBSD handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/) - I beleive this is covered fairly well. If it's a serial mouse, it'll be on /dev/ttyd[0-3], depending on which port it's plugged in to.
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