From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Dec 3 22: 8:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B109037B401 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 22:08:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from pdn.southernonline.net (southernonline.net [202.63.96.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EBE2843EB2 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 22:08:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vishal@southernonline.net) Received: (qmail 3022 invoked from network); 4 Dec 2002 06:29:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO inetter) (202.63.111.11) by mail.southernonline.net with SMTP; 4 Dec 2002 06:29:02 -0000 Message-ID: <02e401c29b5b$8504aac0$0b6f3fca@southernonline.net> From: "Vishal Gandhi Kommineni" To: "Marcia Barrett Nice" Cc: "freebsd-newbies" References: <02d201c29ab3$02c0abc0$0b6f3fca@southernonline.net> <02120307291301.00421@Rozinante> Subject: Re: F1 FreeBSD Default: F1 Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 11:38:09 +0530 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You are right that i installed boot manager and FreeBSD is the only os on the pc, but the problem is it doesent go further rather it simply gives a beep tone whenever i press F1 or enter Thanks Vishal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcia Barrett Nice" To: "Vishal Gandhi Kommineni" ; "freebsd-newbies" Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 5:59 PM Subject: Re: F1 FreeBSD Default: F1 > On Tuesday 03 December 2002 05:01 am, Vishal Gandhi Kommineni wrote F1 > FreeBSD Default: F1: > | Hi I am a newbie to freebsd i have just installed ver 4.7 and after the > | installation without any aparent errors when the system reboots i am > | getting the below message and the machine doesent boot. Any help in this > | regard will be hightly appreciated, > | > | > | F1 FreeBSD > | Default: F1 > | > | > | Vishal > | > | > > You installed the FreeBSD boot manager, right? If FreeBSD is the only > operating system on the computer, then everything is fine and you should hit > F1 or Enter (or just let it sit and it will boot on its own). > > To give you a comparison, my computer comes up (my notes in curly braces{}): > > F1 DOS {well, it's Win98} > F2 FreeBSD > > Default: F2 {whichever I used last, usually FBSD} > > So, thus far, everything is just the way it should be. > > After you hit F1, it will want to pause before it loads the kernel. There's > a reason for this, but you probably don't need to worry about it on a fresh > install. You can let it count down or hit Enter to get the kernel to load. > > Then, a long bunch of stuff will scroll up your screen. Again this is > supposed to happen. (I have to admit I don't usually pay too much attention > to it unless I'm trying to see if my ethernet card is working, so I can't > really tell you what most of it is.) > > Then it will ask you to log in with your username and password. > > And finally, you will get a Welcome to FreeBSD message and a command prompt > ($). Beyond that, you're in, and if you have problems you should feel free > to ask questions (though most questions belong on questions@freebsd.org > rather than newbies). > > Welcome aboard. FreeBSD is actually a lot of fun. > > Marci > > -- > Oh thou of noble birth meditate upon thy own tutelary deity." > -The Tibetan Book of the Dead > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message