From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 7 21:10:15 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF996106566C for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2012 21:10:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chrisneudorf@yahoo.ca) Received: from nm38-vm5.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm38-vm5.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.229.149]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 857668FC16 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2012 21:10:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.138.90.54] by nm38.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 07 Sep 2012 21:10:09 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.168] by tm7.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 07 Sep 2012 21:10:09 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1024.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 07 Sep 2012 21:10:09 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 706509.32025.bm@omp1024.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 4064 invoked by uid 60001); 7 Sep 2012 21:10:09 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.ca; s=s1024; t=1347052209; bh=Rd5n698sT9IIP/zaWkA93QeXvSQqkvYC1j2W/KaU23E=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=CLUia8X8Ti4etiDnNbUmL56Ty6GEPaouzuKR2jQQsCf9+wsq9rX9+pDzUsmhvv1NNF5g9/uAa0Pv6hVJ02X6mdF6STUICybFPscbctGUpTawhMml/T4CWfbADZaGLzZc/W0JoNmueKEQtKMu4f4W2d3vyOKL3ZTj+yfxktggmJQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.ca; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=v7luQMmWMo7AWoYb74nJDMG+dITg+cvcKD9hogDqbGc5Mcc2WURB0xdUvBC0dwRTG/hKHR1tcUiabTzqQ7HH85NlTrbheAldGb4NSlkDOmJvwv6EbLyZf9gwTmJDCmCJZi2sUQzBq9OB+H/GVckpIAAF7HA6Vo6+Gbk27d+hF/g=; X-YMail-OSG: UBmaMsUVM1mFzS8z9o2B4zkgXxLM_y4klcwk5gkyxbpV.LA wxjncqcPucVZ6NCtsjF_1eqk.7B7Eg2.7vdiXuXMCFLgLl8oHz_aiObmJVtq m6kl4aiRokUCiDYaTUtKBOsC465x_DcihdkbE9XqI8YnxBRgX_aMlAheHjtC 8qQXFzJm9ES16o8I.vNxz7tyMtuSFOMb.zfgECmJkSAAiHGpMCe.MuLeruWI V1fxw8.SV3rp298h5kzM95z3nYEKZzQPP2wvDLfy5OZNLjb3dIgBp9F7vs5z bZP82b9ymTyzGPv0.u8x0HzAyS_HE5hMK8WENb2.42Bz2qOwSm6S8lRD64P_ dm6Zten345e3szl4mIFwnovBOkI9osTfdSfqhCIw3OGZsyaDOa89aR7IHHwt 6x62aXQzu6zcvCJmtD1m0P7uqDups2kHvvbRAsRgtQitM08sNrqP7eOjfYcy b04r_rY5tylCbuegg5njAE9BB Received: from [70.66.153.188] by web120802.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:10:09 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.121.416 Message-ID: <1347052209.49230.YahooMailNeo@web120802.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 14:10:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Neudorf To: "questions@freebsd.org" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: FreeBSD Install Problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Chris Neudorf List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:10:15 -0000 Hello,=0A=0AI have a problem installing FreeBSD 9.0 Releaseon my Lenovo Thi= nkpad R61i laptop (4GB RAM, 160GB HDD, 32-bit). It doesn't matter if I trie= d installing it from the CD or the DVD, I still have the same problem. I ev= en tried re-downloading and re-burning a new CD or DVD, and I'm still unabl= e to install. I even have problems going through the "sysinstall" route.=0A= =0A=0AIn the installation process, I'm able to go far to the partitioning a= rea in where the problem occurs. I click for "Guided" partitioning and then= I receive this "Abort" message:=0A=0AAbort=0A------=0A=0AAn installation s= tep has been aborted. Would you like to restart the installation or exit th= e installer?=0A=0A---------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------------=0A[ Restart ] =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 [ Exit ]=0A=0A---------= ----------------------------=0A=0AWhen I click restart I end up with the sa= me result, and I end up in a neverending cycle of unable to install.=0A=0A= =0A(I even have a the same problem installing from GhostBSD.) =0A=0A=0A=0AI= s there any remedies to this problem? =0A=0A=0AThank you so much,=0A=0A--Ch= ristopher