Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 22:17:04 -0800 From: "Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski" <trzy@powernet.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD installation problem, step-by-step walkthrough of problem included! Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990329221704.00852db0@powernet.net>
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Hello, I've been having trouble installing FreeBSD primarily with the bootmanager. Here is a walkthrough of a typical (futile) installation attempt I usually go through. If anyone can help me, I'd be very grateful. My system is a Pentium 180MHz, 80mb RAM, primary master = 1.6gb hdd, pri. slave = Sony ATAPI CDROM, secondary master: 4.0gb Western Digital Caviar hdd, Sec. slave = none. I have a SupraExpress 288i PnP modem and a Hercules Stingray 128/3D w/ 6mb RAM. here is the walkthrough of my latest installation attempt, I want FBSD on my second drive which is to be split between Win95 FAT16 and FBSD... - Booted KERN.FLP - Inserted MFSROOT.FLP when prompted - Went into full-screen kernel configuration mode - Noticed that drivers sio2 and sio3 were inactive so I activated them - Saved changes and it found sio2 but sio3 wasnt found, no biggie - Entered /stand/sysinstall Main Menu - Chose NOVICE - Asks me to reserve a FreeBSD slice. Hard drive choices: wd0 or wd2 - I check wd2, that's where I want FreeBSD - Notice this: 0-62 = unused; 63-4120703 = FAT; 4120704 = unused - I highlight last one and I hit "C" to create. It places some value in front of me which equalled the size of the slice so I hit enter and choose to make it a FreeBSD slice, type 165. - FLag set = C - I press Q to continue - Window pops up saying: "Install boot manager for drive wd2?" - I choose "None" because wd2 isn't my booting drive - Screen pops up asking what disk I should make this operation on. I choose WD2. It told me earlier that when I get to FDISK again I should just hit Q - In FDISK I hit Q - A window pops up saying: "Install boot manager for drive wd2?" again - I say "None" again - I choose WD0 to perform the operation and WD2 is already checked - In FDISK I choose "Q" - Now a window says: Install boot manager for drive wd0?" - This is my booting drive so I choose (*) BootMgr - Asks me to select the drive to perform the operation on, I choose WD0 - Does NOT take me to FDISK but instead takes me to the FreeBSD Disk Label Editor... under WD0!!! - I quit the installation and restart Thanks in advance, Bart Trzynadlowski To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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