From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 3 22:05:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id WAA03294 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 3 Jan 1997 22:05:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id WAA03276 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 1997 22:05:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.28]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id QAA02976 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 1997 16:49:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA04545; Fri, 3 Jan 1997 16:47:55 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 16:47:55 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: John Benson cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't complete install of WC CD-ROM FreeBSD 2.1.5 In-Reply-To: <32C8303E.7BAB@airmail.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 30 Dec 1996, John Benson wrote: > I have a Gateway 200MHZ Pentium Pro with 32 Meg. The install goes fine > doing an install from DOS files until it tries to write to the newly > created filesystem. It consistently gets a cannot write to filsystem > byte 1 of 1024 message. It tells me that no kernel is built. I can't say. Try: 1. Deleting the FreeBSD partition with fdisk and trying with a fresh install. 2. Checking the ALT-F2 screen frequently for unusual messages. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major