From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 12 0:36:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tomts1-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts1.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.139]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8699B37B663 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2000 00:36:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sean.lawrence@cantire.com) Received: from prd116.cs.ctc ([207.61.17.3]) by tomts1-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.02.17 201-229-119) with ESMTP id <20000612073609.DPQQ18496.tomts1-srv.bellnexxia.net@prd116.cs.ctc>; Mon, 12 Jun 2000 03:36:09 -0400 Subject: Re: Should I continue? To: "Francisco Reyes" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: sean.lawrence@cantire.com Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 03:36:01 -0000 Message-ID: X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on SMTP1/M/CTR/CTC(Release 5.0.3 |March 21, 2000) at 06/12/2000 03:33:14 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Francisco Reyes" @FreeBSD.ORG on 06/11/2000 02:02:21 AM Please respond to "Francisco Reyes" Sent by: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "sean.lawrence@cantire.com" cc: Subject: Re: Should I continue? On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 00:40:56 -0000, sean.lawrence@cantire.com wrote: >Which distribution did you use? Xuser, User, minimun.. I did all full blown everything whenever I was asked. >The boot process should have been automatic. If you just let it >go through and don't touch your keyboard it is supposed to come >up. If I let it go it says I do not have a valid kernel, it doesn't pick up the kernel.GENERIC automatically >"Sections Missed"? >Why do you say you are missing? >The instructions you read I believe were for 2.X if I recall >correctly. >It also has to do with which distribution you used. I'm installing 4, I never saw any screen s for setting up my keyboard mapping or any of the xwindows stuff. I probably jumped the gun on one of the screens. I don't think it's a problem with the distribution, I think it was the user. >A new install always uses the GENERIC kernel. it is not until >you roll your own that it is replaced. Thanks thats what I figured, I'm just debating whether to start from scratch as this was my first run through the install process and I don't want to realize further down the road that I messed something up or missed something. I haven't done any custom configuration yet so It would be easy to start over. Francisco To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message