From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 1 15:32:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA26633 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 15:32:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (root@andrsn.Stanford.EDU [36.33.0.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA26628 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 15:32:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (andrsn@localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA03184; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 15:31:50 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 15:31:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson To: qjak9435 cc: Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation failure In-Reply-To: <199707011959.PAA13237@tor-srs2.netcom.ca> 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 Tue, 1 Jul 1997, qjak9435 wrote: > I'm writing you today because for about a week now I've been trying to > install FreeBSD on my system. I am installing it from a recent cd-rom > media edition 2.2.2 release. > > Ok, lets start off with the problem. When I boot from my cd-rom to enter > the installation stage everything starts out fine. It boots up the kernel > successfully and brings me to the next step which is the kernel > configuration table. From there, I have 3 choices. I always choose the > visual mode for kernel entry modifications. Next, I arrive at another > screen that is my userconfig table and here's the problem. At the top of > the screen it tells me that I have 23 device conflicts. Now, it seems, my > only choice is to reconfigure every device to avoid conflicts. > > So, what I decided to do next is disable any drivers in the active range > of the list that aren't present in my system. Right. > Then, alter the drivers > parameters in the editor table. As a general statement, the parameters in the table have to match the hardware. Thus, a first step is really to find out about your hardware-- from Microsoft's msd, from the hardware manuals, or whatever. For example, I have a SCSI controller card at a "330" location. I cannot arbitrarily put this somewhere else using the editor table, or FreeBSD won't be able to find it. > After, I pressed the q key to save the > parameters and exit. Then, I was presented with a type of menu describing > the type of installation I wanted. I chose the novice installation as > recommended. Now, I have a dialog box telling me that the operating > system was installed with errors and that I should go trough the debugging > process of VTY1. I don't have a clue of what VTY1 debugging means. Try pressing Alt F2--another screen where there should be some messages. Alt F1 to return to the prior screen (I think). > > I also need to mention that at some point during the installation I > encountered two panic incidents that forced my system to shutdown. The > two panic strings that were caught: signal 10 and 11. > > Ok, my questions are as follows: > > 1) How do I use the VTY1 debugging mode? > 2) Is there some way to avoid having to reconfigure every device on my > system? You only have to do this once, if you do it right. Annelise > 3) What do these panics represent? > > I hope I gave you all the details needed to help me resolve the problems. > If you need more details or info please feel free to email. > > Thank you for your time and understanding. > >