From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 7 20:43:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.rdc2.bc.home.com (ha1.rdc2.bc.wave.home.com [24.2.10.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B12037BE55 for ; Sun, 7 May 2000 20:43:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mackinnon.m@home.com) Received: from cr349997a ([24.115.89.146]) by mail.rdc2.bc.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.17 201-229-119) with SMTP id <20000508034305.CVCD20288.mail.rdc2.bc.home.com@cr349997a> for ; Sun, 7 May 2000 20:43:05 -0700 Message-ID: <010601bfb8a0$c8ee45c0$92597318@rct1.bc.wave.home.com> From: "Michael MacKinnon" To: Subject: Install Hell... Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 20:52:09 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0103_01BFB866.1C663AE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0103_01BFB866.1C663AE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi there,=20 I've been trying to install FreeBSD for about two weeks now, and I've been having absolutely no luck whatsoever. I'm trying to install version 3.1 from the Walnut Grove CDs. Everything appears to go just fine until it tries to set up=20 the files system (when it uses the newfs command). Then I get page faults, lockups, and reboots (oh my!). Any changes I try to make just seem to leave me with a different error=20 in the same place. I've even tried to install Linux and it fails on the filesystem,too. Any ideas? Details on my system: Celeron 466 Award BIOS 32MB RAM ATAPI CD-ROM / DVD player (Pioneer) 10 Gig Western Digital HD (also tried a Maxtor 4Gig and a Maxtor 400MB) Extra question: should I use LBA, Normal, or Large in the BIOS? Thanks for any help... Michael MacKinnon ------=_NextPart_000_0103_01BFB866.1C663AE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi there,
I've been trying to install FreeBSD for about = two=20 weeks
now, and I've been having absolutely no luck=20 whatsoever.
 
I'm trying to install version 3.1 from the = Walnut Grove=20 CDs.
 
Everything appears to go just fine until it = tries to set=20 up
the files system (when it uses the newfs=20 command).
Then I get page faults, lockups, and reboots (oh = my!).
Any changes I try to make just seem to = leave me=20 with a different error
in the same place.
I've even tried to install Linux and it fails on = the=20 filesystem,too.
 
Any ideas?
 
Details on my system:
 
Celeron 466
Award BIOS
32MB RAM
ATAPI CD-ROM / DVD player (Pioneer)
10 Gig Western Digital HD
(also tried a Maxtor 4Gig and a Maxtor = 400MB)
 
Extra question:
should I use LBA, Normal, or Large in the=20 BIOS?
 
 
Thanks for any help...
Michael MacKinnon
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