From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Apr 30 12:55:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from app5.nasc.inter.net (clueponbook.nasc.inter.net [203.176.60.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D8D437B41A for ; Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:55:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 1cust250.tnt7.dfw9.da.uu.net ([67.234.29.250] helo=DTC2) by app5.nasc.inter.net with smtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 172di9-0001VL-00 for doc@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:54:53 -0400 Message-ID: <002d01c1f080$cde68000$c45dea43@siecor.com> Reply-To: "Ron Wingfield" From: "Ron Wingfield" To: Subject: Installation Problems -- Need help! Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:54:12 -0500 Organization: Diversified Technologies Corporation MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_002A_01C1F056.E40D11C0" X-Priority: 1 X-MSMail-Priority: High X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002A_01C1F056.E40D11C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am attempting to install FreeBSD 4.5 from CDROM, after having prepared = the kern.flp and msfroot.flp floppies. =20 The drive is a Toshiba XM5702B 12x CD-ROM, attached to the secondary IDE = port. Is this a supported CD-ROM? The processor is a Pentium 486-DX4 running at 100Mhz. The BIOS reports 16Mb of RAM. This will be a dedicated BSD box -- no other OS's. My installation of FreeBSD 4.5 proceeds to the point of copying the = contents of /bin to the root file system. The message: Extracting bin into / directory. . . appears in a Progress window. At the bottom of the screen, a message = states that: 1024 bytes read from bin dist, chunk 1 of 143 @ 1.0 KBytes/sec. I have restarted many, many times. (On one occasion, the previous = message suggested that the read progressed to chunk 2. Prior to the = installation's attempted copy of the file system, distributions, etc., = the kernal configuration reported that=20 All filesystem information (was) written successfully;=20 however, the message: starting emergency holographic shell on VTY4 . . .appears. What is the significance of the so-called emergency = holographic shell? How should I use it? At the point that the extract = stops, the system is locked-up. Nothing seems to respond. My only = recourse is to reboot and start over. Suggestions? Thanks, Ron W. ------=_NextPart_000_002A_01C1F056.E40D11C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I am attempting to install FreeBSD 4.5 = from CDROM,=20 after having prepared the kern.flp and=20 msfroot.flp floppies.

The drive is a Toshiba XM5702B = 12x=20 CD-ROM, attached to the secondary IDE port. Is this a supported = CD-ROM?

The processor is a Pentium 486-DX4 = running at=20 100Mhz.

The BIOS reports 16Mb of = RAM.

This will be a dedicated BSD box -- no = other=20 OS's.

My installation of FreeBSD 4.5 proceeds = to the=20 point of copying the contents of /bin to the root file system. The = message:

Extracting = bin into /=20 directory. . .

appears in a = Progress=20 window. At the bottom of the screen, a message states = that:

1024 bytes = read from bin=20 dist, chunk 1 of 143 @ 1.0 KBytes/sec.

I have restarted many, many = times. (On one=20 occasion, the previous message suggested that the read = progressed=20 to chunk 2. Prior to the installation's attempted = copy of=20 the file system, distributions, etc., the kernal configuration = reported=20 that

All = filesystem=20 information (was) written=20 successfully;

however, the message:

starting = emergency=20 holographic shell on = VTY4

. . .appears. What is the = significance of the=20 so-called emergency holographic shell? How should I use it? = At the=20 point that the extract stops, the system is locked-up. Nothing = seems to=20 respond. My only recourse is to reboot and start = over.

Suggestions?

Thanks,

Ron W.

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