Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 20:08:36 -0600 From: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: Micheal Blackthorne <blackthorne@utah-inter.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <19990212200836.A18674@quark.feynman.com> In-Reply-To: <000b01be569d$e5e50bc0$c814ea18@blackthorne>; from Micheal Blackthorne on Fri, Feb 12, 1999 at 07:39:37AM -0800 References: <000b01be569d$e5e50bc0$c814ea18@blackthorne>
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Am not sure whether I can help you or not, my installs all worked out fine. Perhaps I am just lucky. ;-) Can you provide more detail on how the install went. For any reason do you suspect that the install was not completed properly. For example, did it ask you for a root password, or to setup a user account. Where you asked if you wished to register your copy of FreeBSD. Those are some of the things that can be quickly recalled that occur when the installation process is completed and has worked properly. After install did the system reboot or did you have to reboot manually. Stay with it as it is worth while just to run FreeBSD. Frank On Fri, Feb 12, 1999 at 07:39:37AM -0800, Micheal Blackthorne wrote: > I am very new to FreeBSD and have been trying for some time to get it > working on a spare PC of mine. The problem is that it appears that I > complete the installation of FreeBSD only to reboot and find myself at a > "Boot:" prompt. After waiting for a few seconds at this prompt it > automatically scrolls the screen displaying "Invalid Format!" and then the > same information which appears to be a command options list for the "Boot:" > prompt. I have already contacted freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG and the > individual that responded was not able to resolve the problem. He in turn > suggested I contact freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG. They in turn were mostly > rude and referred me to this list. The version of FreeBSD that I am trying > to install is: > > CD_VERSION = 3.0-19990209-STABLE > > I made the CD myself, by downloading the files under the -STABLE section. > If needed I can provide a listing of the CD. > > Here is a list of the hardware on the system: > > 486 DX/2 66 Mhz > 8 Megs ram > 240 Meg HD > 1.44 Meg 3 1/2 > 8x Mitsumi CD-Rom > Realtek VGA 1 Meg > 8019 ISA Ethernet Controller > ALS120 PnP Sound Card > and other minor peripherals (mouse, keyboard, etc) > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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