From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 7 08:17:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17A1616A420 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:17:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mendobosco@yahoo.com) Received: from web32202.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web32202.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.207.133]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D611313C4DD for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:17:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mendobosco@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 55832 invoked by uid 60001); 7 Jan 2008 08:17:38 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=kpY1rIC4RZEP9mzTIECUKQ/kJqCf5N2OnX6PBjBp6MpsCTvq2d44K4kNrtlX3AaywRYWeHappbxFfp2+CM2HVQZbg09wuaqQ5+cWBU2d3Nje4/ptO/dgFpbGw5tTGFxa1toOiuVdIIm+6KrKl0uIthjZfdH3aTM16xyvDUvwc1A=; X-YMail-OSG: l_tmYwoVM1k_yEL11V.LxdubO5jiYhxuGVlwMTS5nWgcCiiL9UNhmd5I4HxZPoWrKK.yibAhoaXywisd2lSpPNR1c9hjtlgfEpqOvsEl.5POLrI5DJc- Received: from [67.77.146.241] by web32202.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:17:38 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/818.31 YahooMailWebService/0.7.158.1 Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 00:17:38 -0800 (PST) From: Joseph Eaton To: questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <176481.55619.qm@web32202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Fw: help with installation of 6.2 release i386 on older HP desktop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:17:39 -0000 More precisely. I do select the elements I want ("All" and then "Exit" and then "Install from CD-ROM" and then some files flash before my eyes and then I come to a screen that says: "User Confirmation Requested" and below that "Unable to transfer the base distribution from adc0" and on the next line "Do you want to try to retrieve it again?" and then at the bottom "Yes" or "No" and I can never retrieve it successfully or exit successfully. Thanks again for your help. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Joseph Eaton To: questions@freebsd.org Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2008 11:56:49 PM Subject: help with installation of 6.2 release i386 on older HP desktop Thanks in advance for your help. I am a newbie trying to install FreeBSD for the first time. I have an HP desktop computer with 64MB of SDRAM, a 12 GB hard drive and a Pentium II processor running at 333 MHz. I am trying to put FreeBSD 6.2 on this machine but have not had any luck. I've read the documentation, but stil can't seem to figure out what to do. I downloaded the ISO mage for the "bootonly" disk and checked that it using checksum.md5, then burned a disk image using InfrRecorder to a fresh CD-R. I set the bios on my HP to boot from the CDROM drive and put the disk in. It walks me through the installation process but never gives me a chance to exit. I select the Standard installation but get stuck shortly thereafter when I try to tell it to use the option to set up for a single user using the X-Window system. It won't let me select multiple elements like bin and library. I get stuck and then it never completes and won't let me out of the setup screen series. Please let me know if I am not providing enough information above. I welcome any help. Thanks. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs