From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 2 22:59:18 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E79B16A4CE for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2005 22:59:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9986543D49 for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2005 22:59:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [69.27.131.0] ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 2 Feb 2005 16:59:14 -0600 Message-ID: <42015B43.40704@daleco.biz> Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 16:59:15 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041210 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fredrik Petersson References: <20050202194127.ED36037E44@smtp3-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net> In-Reply-To: <20050202194127.ED36037E44@smtp3-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Feb 2005 22:59:15.0287 (UTC) FILETIME=[D1592E70:01C5097A] cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:59:18 -0000 Fredrik Petersson wrote: >Hi all! >I have a old computer, I thought it was perfect for testings some FreeBSD >on. (Im a linux user, noramly). > > > I've never tried to run a box with "noram", and wasn't aware that Linux could do that. Cool! {I'm really *not* picking on ya!} >It is a old dell 500MHz with a 40GB disk, the "disk-part" of the >installation program told me something about the bios and that y disk size >wasn´t correct, I continued and I created /var / /dev /usr partitions in the >installing program, but later the installation program tells me something >like could not mount /usr (and all the other mounting points). > >Are ideas about where to start the troubleshooting?? > > Hmm, wonder what the BIOS thinks the drive is? Like Randy said, you might try the defaults. Or, at the very least, make only /, /usr, and /var. IANAE, but I've never seen anyone recommend making a seperate slice for /dev, and I wonder what trying to do so might do. It could create the symptoms you describe, of course, but I could just be blowing smoke, too. The message you refer to has do to with disk geometry, and indicates to me that you're installing a 5.X FBSD; devfs is a new thing, and may be involved in the problem you describe. Once again, IANAE, and the other poster also has a great point --- this sort of thing is better asked at questions@, where large numbers of people (some of whom are very knowledgeable and/or experienced) will see the post and be able to either guide you in this matter or correct anyone who does and makes a mistake in so doing (the "IANAE" types like me ;) Kevin Kinsey