From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 14 7:24:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail7.mn.rr.com (mkc-162-160.kc.rr.com [24.94.162.160]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FE4137B42C for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2001 07:24:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mpartyka@mn.rr.com) Received: from master ([65.25.253.138]) by mail7.mn.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.537.53); Sat, 14 Apr 2001 09:25:23 -0500 Message-ID: <005301c0c4ef$05bb6950$8afd1941@master> From: "Mike Partyka" To: Subject: Install and reboot. . .? Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 09:27:23 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0050_01C0C4C5.1CCCF750" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01C0C4C5.1CCCF750 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I am attempting to install the latest Stable version (4.2) of Free BSD. = I dowenloaded the .iso off www.frebsd.com and dupped a CD. I boot from the CD to get into the installation and configuration menu. = I had a little trouble with the menu navigation at firstbut worked past = that.=20 I finish with the installtion menu's and seem to be lacking a final "OK" = selection, so to speak, which will reboot the computer and load into = BSD. instead basically i end up back at the very first menu from which = all the others spawn. Which has selections about what kind of = installation i want, ie Express, Standard, Custom. I have tried all = three installtion and i always end up back at the menu since you make a = selection and your choices are really only "Cancel" or "Exit- Return to = previous menu". When i end up at this first menu again after making all = necessary selections i then choose " Exit Install" and remove the CD and = change my boot order back to A,C,EXT. After the BIOS screens i then get = this where i am stopped. >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernal boot: No /kernal This message repeats approximately four times then stops there. My hard = drives are two fairly new EIDE drives. one is a Western Digital 15G and = a 46G Quantum, both on the same primary IDE channel, with the Quantum = being the Master and the Wetern Digital being the Slave.=20 Is this problem due to one or both of my drives? When partitioning them = i use (A)ll drivespace and have the installation (A)uto-allocate space. Or is this some installation step i have overlooked? Please help!! Getting this set up so i can practice and start using UNix = at home would be GREAT.=20 Thanks Tarmon ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01C0C4C5.1CCCF750 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hello,
 
I am attempting to install the latest = Stable=20 version (4.2) of Free BSD. I dowenloaded the .iso off www.frebsd.com  and dupped = a=20 CD.
 
I boot from the CD to get = into the=20 installation and configuration menu. I had a little trouble with the = menu=20 navigation at firstbut worked past that. 
 
I finish with the = installtion menu's and=20 seem to be lacking a final "OK" selection, so to speak, which will = reboot the=20 computer and load into BSD. instead basically i end up back at the very = first=20 menu from which all the others spawn. Which has selections about = what kind=20 of installation i want, ie Express, Standard, Custom. I have tried all=20 three installtion and i always end up back at the = menu since you=20 make a selection and your choices are really only "Cancel" or "Exit-=20 Return to previous menu". When i end up at this first = menu again=20 after making all necessary selections i then choose " Exit Install" and = remove=20 the CD and change my boot order back to A,C,EXT. After the = BIOS=20 screens i then get this where i am stopped.
 
>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernal
boot:
No /kernal
 
This message repeats approximately four = times then=20 stops there. My hard drives are = two fairly=20 new EIDE drives. one is a Western Digital 15G and a 46G Quantum, both on = the=20 same primary IDE channel, with the Quantum being the Master and the = Wetern=20 Digital being the Slave.
 
Is this problem due to one or both of = my drives?=20 When partitioning them i use (A)ll drivespace and have the installation=20 (A)uto-allocate space.
 
Or is this some installation step i = have=20 overlooked?
 
Please help!! Getting this set up so i = can practice=20 and start using UNix at home would be GREAT.
 
Thanks
Tarmon
 
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