From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Dec 7 16:42:36 2000 From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 16:42:32 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail.hctc.com (mail.hctc.com [208.25.168.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D006E37B400 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 16:42:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from collin01 (hccs92.hctc.com [208.25.168.92]) by mail.hctc.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA05482 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 16:42:24 -0800 Message-ID: <000801c060b0$15ac5520$9fcdfea9@collin01> From: "Liberat0r" To: Subject: newbie problem Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 16:44:54 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0606D.069677C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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

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

thank you very much for your=20 time

Collin = Greene

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