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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: installation problem for FreeBSD
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On Mon, 3 Feb 1997, meliki wrote:

> during installation....after the final diskette....
> this message appear.....
> 
> MAKEDEV returned non-zero status. continue, back to installation menu.
> 
> after reboot.......this message appear.....
> 
> init: can't exec /bin/sh for /etc/rc:No such file or directory
> .........
> 
> can u tell me what is wrong with my installation?

It broke.

Try removing your FreeBSD slice and start from scratch; if you get it
again, hit Alt-F2 and record what error message(s) you see.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major