Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 06:25:17 -0500 From: Brian Peterson <brianp@apocalypse.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Freezes at /sbin/init Message-ID: <200102261125.f1QBPH930080@apocalypse.org>
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Greetings, I just installed the i386/4.2-RELEASE/ version of FreeBSD, with the minimal install. (via ftp) The system freezes on booting, and when I boot -v from the "fixit" floppy, The last message displayed is "start_init: Trying /sbin/init" I am able to run the fixit floppy, mount the hard drive, see files, and even write to files with cat>filename. I see that there are no files or directories named /etc/init* on the hard drive - no /etc/init.d, no /etc/inittab. Does FreeBSD even use those files? If not, what do I need to check for? Any ideas about how to get init to run would be greatly appreciated, and let me know if you need any more data! Brian PS. The hardware is some box called "CB 386", and there is a Cyrix 486 cpu of unknown speed inside. A rom labelled "386dx". 16MB of memory, a Netgear EA201c 10Mbps ISA ethernet card which I used to do the ftp installation, a Western Digital Caviar 2340 HD (325 MB), a rickety old keyboard, and a working IBM floppy drive borrowed from my Aptiva. NO mouse. I found it sitting on the sidewalk in the rain late one night, and I'm surprised I have gotten this far with it!!! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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