From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 26 23:39:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9F9A16A406 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:39:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob@tamara-b.org) Received: from olm.blythe-systems.com (olm.blythe-systems.com [69.94.64.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ACE94407C for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:18:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob@tamara-b.org) Received: from tamara-b.org (uucp@localhost) by olm.blythe-systems.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with UUCP id k5QNIGd21721 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:18:16 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (voyager [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5QNGZEn008781 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:16:37 -0400 Message-ID: <44A06AD3.4070208@tamara-b.org> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:16:35 -0400 From: Bob Richards Organization: M/V Tamara B User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041206 Thunderbird/1.0 Mnenhy/0.6.0.104 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <449D8616.5040306@tamara-b.org> <17565.37706.966913.737964@bhuda.mired.org> <20060625064303.GR19592@silverwraith.com> In-Reply-To: <20060625064303.GR19592@silverwraith.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 OpenPGP: id=F2DBFD9C; url=http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xD652FFB3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: A New FreeBSD Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bob@tamara-b.org List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:39:10 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Wow! First I want to thank all of you who responded for the great information! As I read it all, I became more and more excited about my decision to switch to FreeBsd! And became more and more impatient with US Postal Mail! So! I went and downloaded the floppy Install Set from freebsd.org, and created the floppy install set. I set up the Dell server thus: 19GB Drives 1 through 4 in a RAID 1/0 IE 2 sets of Mirrors, in a striped array, making up the first (and bootable) container on the PERC 2 controller. The last 2 19GB Drives. I simply Mirrored into a second 19GB container. So, from the BIOS percpective I had a APROX 33GB Drive, and an additional 19GB drive available for the OS. Pretty much more than I need! (for now) So! I boot the box from boot disk, and boot is OK.... asked for Kernel 1 floppy, the Kernel 2 Floppy..... all A-OK! Install starts, and I proceed. I run through the FDISK portion of the install; Allocate the entire first "drive" to FreeBsd, and say "AUTO"..... it allocates what appears to be a reasonable slice to each mount-point, and I proceed, with a "full Install" Via FTP. FreeBsd, was intelligent enough to find/use the DHCP server, and connected to "freebsd.org", and downloaded a mess of stuff!..... OK; Install "successfully" completed, want to add APPS? Sure! Why not! So I picked out some editors and shells I use all the time, and PORTS went out to get them..... at this point, my DSL connecton went down! Damn! I reset the router, and back up..... BUT An IP change occurred and the download from the FTP site never continued! I could do nothing except "ABORT" the install! So fine! I aborted..... Since I had received the "Congratulations" on an Install message, I "ASSUMED" all I had to do was re-boot from HD and go to SYSINSTALL and complete the install. NOT! On Boot, the boot-loader complained bitterly "Can't find a Kernel to boot", and dropped me to an "OK" prompt. Damn says I! Murpheys law in effect! So I just booted from the floppies again, and started the install again.... NOT SO! Even after another FDISK, the system knew I had data on the drives, and simply went ahead and finished what it had not completed..... On end, I "exited" Install, the system re-booted, and again, it could not find a Kernel to boot! The slice/allocation was percerved, even after another "AUTO" Fdisk! Now I was upset! (BSD Damn well be more smart than LINUX!) The FDISK never wiped out all the old data..... Someone NEVER thought-out this particular scenario! What do I do? Re-Format the RAID Array? and for-sure wipe out the privious install attempt? Any sugestions as to where to start again? TIA Bob -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEoGrTeoERI/Lb/ZwRAgZ8AJ9vbzhVf1Z0SmZy1AkR7XDV6+56+wCZARld SUEuIU9b9lQ1W5kswb1xCg4= =TqmE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----