Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 16:44:54 -0800 From: "Liberat0r" <greene@hctc.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org> Subject: newbie problem Message-ID: <000801c060b0$15ac5520$9fcdfea9@collin01>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0606D.069677C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am sure you have heard this a million times but.... when I installed = freebsd 3.x from the 3rd edition of "the complete freeBSD" book the = installer told me that it couldn't format root and it was quitting, it = said it left an error log. when I boot up my system ( with all = compliant hardware) I get to the boot manager's boot: prompt and it = says I have 1 option f1 for free bsd, yet when I try to boot typing in = freeBSD or pressing f1, it says no /boot/loader yet I installed the boot = loader on installation, ( I even reinstalled to be sure). I really want = to set up free bsd and play with it so I would appreciate some help in = this matter. if you need more specifics please email me back. I have a 4 = gb Maxtor and a p2 300 with and Intel 440 bx mobo all the hardware = worked fine with redhat 6.0 and 7.0 thank you very much for your time Collin Greene ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0606D.069677C0 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 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am sure you have heard this a million = times=20 but.... when I installed freebsd 3.x from the 3rd edition of "the = complete=20 freeBSD" book the installer told me that it couldn't format root and it = was=20 quitting, it said it left an error log. when I boot up my system ( = with=20 all compliant hardware) I get to the boot manager's boot: prompt = and it=20 says I have 1 option f1 for free bsd, yet when I try to boot typing in = freeBSD=20 or pressing f1, it says no /boot/loader yet I installed the boot loader = on=20 installation, ( I even reinstalled to be sure). I really want to set up = free bsd=20 and play with it so I would appreciate some help in this matter. if you = need=20 more specifics please email me back. I have a 4 gb Maxtor and a p2 300 = with and=20 Intel 440 bx mobo all the hardware worked fine with redhat 6.0 and=20 7.0</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>thank you very much for your=20 time</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Collin = Greene</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0606D.069677C0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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