From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 12 13:22:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA02293 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:22:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA02182 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:21:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA17284; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:21:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:21:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: "Babe (and family)" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can ftp install be resumed? In-Reply-To: <3620F4F3.AC28255D@centuryinter.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Babe (and family) wrote: > I was some where in the middle of an ftp install and my ISP dropped > me. Some of the system is in tack and I can boot to the freeBSD > partition but there are various messages about the root not being > mountable. Then I get some messeges regarding checking the file system > then it gives me the equivalant of the emergency holographic shell that > you get during the install. Hm, I bet /etc/fstab isn't around. I'd suggest reinstalling and only install the bin distribution. You can add the rest later. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message