Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 23:56:49 -0800 (PST) From: Joseph Eaton <mendobosco@yahoo.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: help with installation of 6.2 release i386 on older HP desktop Message-ID: <835218.59487.qm@web32215.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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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.
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