From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 31 22:21:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA13090 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 22:21:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA13080 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 22:21:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA02953; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 22:21:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 22:21:20 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: "Michael A. Endsley" cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: reboot during installation/setup In-Reply-To: <199703311057.BAA15037@home.corecom.net> 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, 31 Mar 1997, Michael A. Endsley wrote: > I installed 2.2.1-release on my 420meg hd (slave). > After all the downloading, I was taken to the setup screen for the mouse, > monitor, etc. I tried a couple of the mouse settings and hit "a" for apply > but nothing worked, so I clicked on another name (dev/mouse0) and clicked > "a". After about 15 seconds, my machine rebooted! I had been still > connected to ftp at the time but not actively downloading anything. Was this during X setup? The device is called /etc/sysmouse if you are running moused. You can re-run the setup by running /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86Setup. > Questions: is there a way to get back to that screen to continue? > how do I continue the d/ling from FreeBSD.org to finish > getting whatever was > left to d/l? If you were at post-install, then you can run /stand/sysinstall and select post-install or configure to get back to that menu. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major