Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 05:00:13 -0700 From: "Anthony Ornelas" <uncant@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Novice...suffer form DOA Message-ID: <OE283TbhyF2fPmsSVhG0000294b@hotmail.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0D6B2.99D26880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've read the instruction carefully, if not the entire book...I am = getting there, but I cannot get my system to boot. I have an isolation = switch so the OS system has the whole disk for itself (20GB ATA IDE = Deskstar IBM...7200)...really just your run of the mill hard drive. It = installs to a point; I have tweaked all I know to tweat but I have run = out.=20 It ends with a message that reads that "the system is installed but with = a few errors"...and from that point on I just loop through the previous = menus! It also mentions a VTF1? scroll-function? I also tried the "<," = but it didn't help. I feel I am moments away from success...I just cannot think of anything = else I should tweat. Oh! God! Any help will be more than appreciated...you know its bad when = you know your menus, what they mean, how to adjust them...and then = ultimately nothing happens...very disconcerting. Begging on bended Knees have pity on (an obviously incompetent) = newbie!!!!!! Sincerely, Anthony Ornelas ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0D6B2.99D26880 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've read the instruction carefully, if = not the=20 entire book...I am getting there, but I cannot get my system to = boot. I=20 have an isolation switch so the OS system has the whole disk for itself = (20GB=20 ATA IDE Deskstar IBM...7200)...really just your run of the mill hard=20 drive. It installs to a point; I have tweaked all I know to tweat = but I=20 have run out. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It ends with a message that reads that = "the system=20 is installed but with a few errors"...and from that point on I just loop = through=20 the previous menus! It also mentions a VTF1? = scroll-function? I also=20 tried the "<," but it didn't help.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I feel I am moments away from = success...I just=20 cannot think of anything else I should tweat.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Oh! God! Any help will be more than=20 appreciated...you know its bad when you know your menus, what they mean, = how to=20 adjust them...and then ultimately nothing happens...very=20 disconcerting.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Begging on bended Knees have pity on = (an obviously=20 incompetent) newbie!!!!!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Anthony = Ornelas</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0D6B2.99D26880-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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