Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:50:02 +0100 From: tesolarisc <per-olof.nilsson2@comhem.se> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fw: help with installation of 6.2 release i386 on older HP desktop Message-ID: <1199703002.49178.1.camel@zeus.se> In-Reply-To: <176481.55619.qm@web32202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <176481.55619.qm@web32202.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Try to burn a new cd/dvd and burn it at a lower speed.
It might be that the cd/dvd isn't 100%.
cheers
On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 00:17 -0800, Joseph Eaton wrote:
> More precisely. I do select the elements I want ("All" and then "Exit" a=
nd then "Install from CD-ROM" and then some files flash before my eyes and =
then I come to a screen that says: "User Confirmation Requested" and below =
that "Unable to transfer the base distribution from adc0" and on the next l=
ine "Do you want to try to retrieve it again?" and then at the bottom "Yes"=
or "No" and I can never retrieve it successfully or exit successfully. Th=
anks again for your help.
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> From: Joseph Eaton <mendobosco@yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2008 11:56:49 PM
> Subject: help with installation of 6.2 release i386 on older HP desktop
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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 1=
2 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 t=
he documentation, but stil can't seem to figure out what to do.
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> I downloaded the ISO mage for the "bootonly" disk and checked that it usi=
ng 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 i=
n. It walks me through the installation process but never gives me a chanc=
e
> to exit. I select the Standard installation but get stuck shortly there=
after when I try to tell it to use the option to set up for a single user u=
sing the X-Window system. It won't let me select multiple elements like bi=
n and library. I get stuck and then it never completes and won't let me ou=
t of the setup screen series.
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> Please let me know if I am not providing enough information above. I wel=
come any help. Thanks.
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