From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 12 4:44:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pop.idx.com.au (pop.idx.com.au [203.14.30.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A913B37B6BB for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2000 04:44:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dannyh@idx.com.au) Received: from desktop.freebsd.org (maxc26.idx.com.au [203.19.9.26]) by pop.idx.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA31046; Mon, 12 Jun 2000 21:43:18 +1000 From: Danny To: "Francisco Reyes" , "Francisco Reyes" , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "sean.lawrence@cantire.com" Subject: Re: Should I continue? Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 21:50:56 +1000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain References: <200006120601.CAA03699@sanson.reyes.somos.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00061321515300.00780@desktop.freebsd.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I would pick the one with the kernel source Which comes with the /sys folder When you install FreeBSD On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Francisco Reyes wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 00:40:56 -0000, sean.lawrence@cantire.com > wrote: > > >I have sucessfully installed FreeBSD on my system except I somehow > >completed the install without hitting half of the screens described in the > >"Newbie Install" web pages. > > Which distribution did you use? Xuser, User, minimun.. > > >I now boot to an OK> prompt and from some > >intitive deductions figured out how to load the kernel.GENERIC and boot > >from there. > > 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. > > >Should I wipe everything and start over or should I use the > >sysinstall to complete the sections I missed. > > "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. > > >is that a Kernel was never generated from the selections I did make or is > >this the generic kernel in the root directory? > > A new install always uses the GENERIC kernel. it is not until > you roll your own that it is replaced. > > Francisco > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ------------------------------------------------------------ You are not authorized to use my email address for spam or any purpose whatsoever. Remove my email address from your databases immediately and do not attempt to email me in any way. ------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message