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Date:      20 Jul 2003 12:23:31 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        prasad chandrasekaran <c_presci@yahoo.co.in>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installation problem. kernel not getting copied to / directory
Message-ID:  <44y8ytqi9o.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030717064815.4181.qmail@web8204.mail.in.yahoo.com>
References:  <20030717064815.4181.qmail@web8204.mail.in.yahoo.com>

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prasad chandrasekaran <c_presci@yahoo.co.in> writes:

> I am trying to install freebsd 4.7 on my pentium 2
> machine standalone machine. The problem is it show 7
> conflicts in kernel configuration under network. Since
> I have no network card I disable every conflict by
> pressing del key.

You probably don't need to worry about it; the install usually goes
smoothly whether you've removed the conflicts or not.

> After that installation goes smooth. After
> installation has been completed kernel doesn't get
> copied to "/" directory only file I can see is
> Kernel.GENERIC I am able to boot with this kernel but
> I can't work with Freebsd cause all the directories
> are turned into readonly. 

How are you seeing that?  What kind of installation did you do?  I
recommend trying a minimal install.

> It doesn't boot into multiuser environment. If someone
> could help me I would highly appreciate it.

What happens instead?



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