Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 09:23:03 -0500 From: "default" <default013subscriptions@hotmail.com> To: "Rohit Panda" <prohit99@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: installation problem Message-ID: <OE45MKtWNymWzAKbn0w00004c7a@hotmail.com> References: <20010827121416.63892.qmail@web12802.mail.yahoo.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0046_01C12ED9.DF712640 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Rohit, I don't think that will work... It looks to me like you are having a hardware issue. Sure you can = manually install piece by piece, but if your O/S doesn't recognize your = hard drive controller, or your hard drive itself, you will never be able = to boot up normally. Since you wrote to me, I am going to assume that you are using some = obscure hardware... Your computer will not recognize /dev/x because it cannot use the hard = drive controller (or your hard drive, I would say that its more likely = that the problem is the controller). What you need to do is this: 1. Make images of kern.flp and mfsroot.flp onto floppies (you need a = working machine to do this either windows or FreeBSD it doesn't matter). = You can boot your machine with these (kern.flp first). Check out this link: = http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-advance= d.html 2. From here on you are going to have problems. If it IS the hard drive = controller as I suspect, you will not be able to install from CD-ROM = because you cannot use the IDE controller! This is where you will have = to make a decision: a. You can buy a NEW hard drive controller. (I had a Promise DMA 66 = controller which I used for awhile until I found the BIOS update for my = obscure motherboard...) b. You can attempt to update and reconfigure your BIOS. If your drive controller is supported at all, this will work. This would = be my first suggestion. Scower the web and find the latest BIOS update, = and then be sure that your hard drives are recognized properly by the = BIOS. 3. Continue the installation. If you can get past the part of the installation where you make the = partition options, you're free and clear to move on. If like me it says = "Cannot detect any hard drives!" then you may want to consider a new = controller... Jordan P.S. Keep in mind... To my knowledge, the boot floppies do not support all of the hardware = that the full CD does, so there is a problem there. I may have mis-understood your problem. If you are getting this message = when you boot from the floppies, you may want to just get a new = controller, or you could also try using different distributions of = FreeBSD... I would try the STABLE version first, and then work my way down the food = chain. If you can get any version to work, you can use CVSUP to update it to = the STABLE version if you like... ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Rohit Panda=20 To: default=20 Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 7:14 AM Subject: Re: installation problem hi , thanx for the prompt response.i figured that out,but got stuck in = another problem.its while using sysinstall after i do the partitioning = and other things when i try to install from a ftp site through a HTTP = proxy.then i set the parameters in the network configuration window.but = just when i press ok after that it gives error messages , 1.unable to create device node /dev/x in /dev! the creation of filesystems will be aborted.T Then i press ok(as i have no other option) 2.couldn't create filesystems properly.aborting.then i press ok(as i = have no other option) 3.Installation completed with some errors .......... i am not getting what the problem is.Now iam downloading the whole bin = directory from the ftp site and trying to install from an msdos = partition.Will the bin directory alone be sufficient or will i need some = other directories to have FreeBSD function properly.i dont require the = src,man,docs ,games,info,xf86336 directories iam sure.because i know = what they do.but directories like = ports,proflibs,tools,packages,crypto,compat*.* etc.i mean r they really = required.i just want to have mainly the networking part working.any = suggessions will be highly appreciated. thanx rohit -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $0.04/minute with Yahoo! = Messenger. ------=_NextPart_000_0046_01C12ED9.DF712640 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 http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4807.2300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Rohit,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I don't think that will = work...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It looks to me like you are having a = hardware=20 issue. Sure you can manually install piece by piece, but if your O/S = doesn't=20 recognize your hard drive controller, or your hard drive itself, = you will=20 never be able to boot up normally.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Since you wrote to me, I am going = to assume=20 that you are using some obscure hardware...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Your computer will not recognize /dev/x = because it=20 cannot use the hard drive controller (or your hard drive, I would say = that its=20 more likely that the problem is the controller).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What you need to do is = this:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1. Make images of kern.flp and = mfsroot.flp onto=20 floppies (you need a working machine to do this either windows or = FreeBSD it=20 doesn't matter). You can boot your machine with these (kern.flp=20 first).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Check out this link: <A=20 href=3D"http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install= -advanced.html">http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook= /install-advanced.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2. From here on you are going to have = problems. If=20 it IS the hard drive controller as I suspect, you will not be able to = install=20 from CD-ROM because you cannot use the IDE controller! This is where you = will=20 have to make a decision:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>a. You can buy a NEW hard drive = controller. (I had=20 a Promise DMA 66 controller which I used for awhile until I found the = BIOS=20 update for my obscure motherboard...)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>b. You can attempt to update and = reconfigure your=20 BIOS.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If your drive controller is supported = at all, this=20 will work. This would be my first suggestion. Scower the web and find = the latest=20 BIOS update, and then be sure that your hard drives are recognized = properly by=20 the BIOS.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3. Continue the = installation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If you can get past the part of the = installation=20 where you make the partition options, you're free and clear to move on. = If like=20 me it says "Cannot detect any hard drives!" then you may want to = consider a new=20 controller...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jordan</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>P.S.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Keep in mind...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>To my knowledge, the boot floppies = do not=20 support all of the hardware that the full CD does, so there is a problem = there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I may have mis-understood your problem. = If you are=20 getting this message when you boot from the floppies, you may want to = just get a=20 new controller, or you could also try using different distributions of=20 FreeBSD...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I would try the STABLE version first, = and then work=20 my way down the food chain.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If you can get any version to work, you = can use=20 CVSUP to update it to the STABLE version if you like...</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dprohit99@yahoo.com href=3D"mailto:prohit99@yahoo.com">Rohit = Panda</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Ddefault013subscriptions@hotmail.com=20 href=3D"mailto:default013subscriptions@hotmail.com">default</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 27, 2001 = 7:14=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: installation = problem</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P>hi ,</P> <P> thanx for the prompt response.i figured that out,but = got stuck=20 in another problem.its while using sysinstall after i do the = partitioning and=20 other things when i try to install from a ftp site through a HTTP = proxy.then i=20 set the parameters in the network configuration window.but just when i = press=20 ok after that it gives error messages ,</P> <P>1.unable to create device node /dev/x in /dev!</P> <P> the creation of filesystems will be aborted.T</P> <P>Then i press ok(as i have no other option)</P> <P>2.couldn't create filesystems properly.aborting.then i press ok(as = i have=20 no other option)</P> <P>3.Installation completed with some errors ..........</P> <P>i am not getting what the problem is.Now iam downloading the whole = bin=20 directory from the ftp site and trying to install from an msdos = partition.Will=20 the bin directory alone be sufficient or will i need some other = directories to=20 have FreeBSD function properly.i dont require the src,man,docs=20 ,games,info,xf86336 directories iam sure.because i know what they = do.but=20 directories like ports,proflibs,tools,packages,crypto,compat*.* etc.i = mean r=20 they really required.i just want to have mainly the networking part=20 working.any suggessions will be highly appreciated.</P> <P>thanx</P> <P>rohit</P> <P><BR> <HR SIZE=3D1> <B>Do You Yahoo!?</B><BR>Make <A=20 href=3D"http://phonecard.yahoo.com/">international calls</A> for as = low as=20 $0.04/minute with Yahoo! 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