From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 23 22:05:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA15179 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 22:05:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts17-line7.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.224]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA15102 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 22:03:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA00315; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 22:03:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 22:03:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Matthew Richardson cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Device Entries in /dev In-Reply-To: <199607222214.SAA07529@mail.voicenet.com> 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 Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Matthew Richardson wrote: > During the install of FreeBSD, I was presented with the message "Warning: > Root device selected read only. It will be assumed you have appropriate > device entries in /dev." You had a failed install and did not destroy the slice before reinstalling. Use DOS FDISK to destroy the slice, then reinstall. > I am having trouble booting... I get the message: "Missing Operating > System" > or with the boot manager it says F1 for BSD and it just doesn't work. Try the above. If you still get this, then go into DOS FDISK and set the active partition. sysinstall will sometimes wreck the active bit. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major