From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 27 13:40:08 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id NAA09859 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Dec 1996 13:40:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from mtigwc02.worldnet.att.net (mailhost.worldnet.att.net [204.127.129.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id NAA09851 for ; Fri, 27 Dec 1996 13:40:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from michelle ([207.116.44.100]) by mtigwc02.worldnet.att.net (post.office MTA v2.0 0613 ) with SMTP id AAA6747; Fri, 27 Dec 1996 21:39:16 +0000 Message-ID: <32C4411C.2686@acm.org> Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 16:35:24 -0500 From: Lamine Sano X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01E (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu CC: support@freebsd.com Subject: Re: Root distribution References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk trying to do a dos install since my mitsumi cdrom is not being recognized by freebsd v.2.1 probing. After all goes well during the verbose messages prompting sequence, I am faced to that failure when the system is creating the root filesystem. Doug White wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Dec 1996, Lamine Sano wrote: > > > I get the following message after freebsd is trying to create the root > > filesystem: > > Failed to load the root distribution. > > What's going on and what is the remedy ? > > What version of FreeBSD are you installing on? Via what method? > Details.... > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major -- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzIDF+gAAAEEAJJawmZliZSzRwDCnz8K0RGFPINvn4dV9oYDQ/9Ti26kmF7y oEv/vYSHviDnRw1ZYFCrSF55yohxZwjJd2KrrI20CSjv2hxJuezBS1xIJIypcpa+ aMSVUwSnRXtSx+46pHR0O4nl2o+Hgofxr1FBdSTVfxhm2AeN+eb0nUlKAxKZAAUR tCRMYW1pbmUgU2FubyA8THNhbm9Ad29ybGRuZXQuYXR0Lm5ldD4= =ehiv -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----