From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 25 07:50:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC73916A4CE for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:50:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E54D343D55 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:50:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iAP7oS85047057 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:50:28 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iAP7oSYq047055; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:50:28 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:50:28 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200411250750.iAP7oSYq047055@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Tejaswy Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9262616A4CE for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:45:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F38243D58 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:45:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iAP7jLi7005614 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:45:21 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iAP7jLJJ005613; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:45:21 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200411250745.iAP7jLJJ005613@www.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:45:21 GMT From: Tejaswy To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Subject: misc/74359: installtuion error X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:50:29 -0000 >Number: 74359 >Category: misc >Synopsis: installtuion error >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Nov 25 07:50:28 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Tejaswy >Release: 5.1 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: hey there, i got a bug to report , i am from india and recently i got my hands on a free bsd issue, after hearing a lot of it i finally decided to install it , i got a 40 gb drive formatted , installed win 98 opened the iso files using win rar and i went to the tools copied the fdimage to the floppy folder and copied te image of kern and mfsroot to two floppy drives.i re booted my system made a change in bios to boot in floppy . i inserted my kern floppy and it booted and after some time it gave an echo and asked me insert anothr floppy ( mfs root) it started to read the floppy and gave som random white charecters in the screen , (some thing found and some thing not found, it went on for a few moments and then it stalled, it first gave a time out and then it stalled i waited for 15 min and then i turned off the computer, i tried the same in another machine it worked perfectly fine. now lemme give the description of my pc. my pc works on a seagate 40 gb hard disk with and amd k6 processer and a 64 mb ram . a normal wheel mouse . and that all i think you need to know , if there is any thing else plz lemme know ya aftr that i read the ya aftr that i read the install manual and saw the same problem of a guy , you asked to a line "hint" in the loader .conf file so i did but again the same problem is there any other way to install this or if any other line that i missed >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: