Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 23:35:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Rohit Panda <prohit99@yahoo.com> To: jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com, mertz@gnosis.cx Cc: lee@uk.FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: installation problem Message-ID: <20010827063549.32524.qmail@web12802.mail.yahoo.com>
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--0-829094587-998894149=:32478 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii hi , i was using linux and a great fan of it.Then i heard about this wonderful OS called FreeBSD and wanted to try it out.i thought to install it via FTP. My E: drive in my windows machine is the place where i want to install FreeBSD(i have formatted my E: ,but iam getting the chance to fdisk because Sysinstall is not running). But iam facing a problem during installation.i have made the images of the kern.flp and mfsroot.flp from windows using the utility fdimage.Then i booted from the kernel image floppy .Everything goes fine and after that when i put the other floppy and hit enter it says " zf_read:unexpected EOF ". Then it continues with the kernel configuration.Once i teied to configure and the next time i skipped,but after that comes the problem.after it probes it says Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0c md0:raw partition size != slice size md0:start 0,end 7,size 8 md0c:start 0,end 5759,size 5760 md0:truncating raw partition md0:start 0,end 7,size 8 md0:start 0,end 5759,size 5760 Root Mount failed :22 manual root filesystem specification <fstype>:device Mount <device> using filesystem<fstype> eg.ufs:/dev/da0s1a ? list valid disk boot devices <empty line> abort manual i/p THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROMPT....... mountroot> NOW IF I HIT ENTER panic :root mount failed ,startup aborted . syncing disks done uptime:11m 8 s Automatic reboot in 15 secs....... how do i correct the problem.Sysinstall is not starting and how to go about it.if u could help me i will be very grateful to u.otherwise tell me some alternate methords to do. thanking u in advance rohit --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $0.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger. --0-829094587-998894149=:32478 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <P>hi ,</P> <P> i was using linux and a great fan of it.Then i heard about this wonderful OS called FreeBSD and wanted to try it out.i thought to install it via FTP. My E: drive in my windows machine is the place where i want to install FreeBSD(i have formatted my E: ,but iam getting the chance to fdisk because Sysinstall is not running). But iam facing a problem during installation.i have made the images of the kern.flp and mfsroot.flp from windows using the utility fdimage.Then i booted from the kernel image floppy .Everything goes fine and after that when i put the other floppy and hit enter it says " zf_read:unexpected EOF ". Then it continues with the kernel configuration.Once i teied to configure and the next time i skipped,but after that comes the problem.after it probes it says </P> <P>Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0c</P> <P>md0:raw partition size != slice size</P> <P>md0:start 0,end 7,size 8</P> <P>md0c:start 0,end 5759,size 5760</P> <P>md0:truncating raw partition </P> <P>md0:start 0,end 7,size 8</P> <P>md0:start 0,end 5759,size 5760</P> <P>Root Mount failed :22</P> <P>manual root filesystem specification</P> <P><fstype>:device Mount <device> using filesystem<fstype> </P> <P>eg.ufs:/dev/da0s1a</P> <P>? list valid disk boot devices </P> <P><empty line> abort manual i/p</P> <P>THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROMPT.......</P> <P>mountroot> NOW IF I HIT ENTER </P> <P>panic :root mount failed ,startup aborted .</P> <P>syncing disks</P> <P>done uptime:11m 8 s</P> <P>Automatic reboot in 15 secs.......</P> <P>how do i correct the problem.Sysinstall is not starting and how to go about it.if u could help me i will be very grateful to u.otherwise tell me some alternate methords to do.</P> <P>thanking u in advance </P> <P>rohit</P><p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br> Make <a href="http://phonecard.yahoo.com/">international calls</a> for as low as $0.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger. --0-829094587-998894149=:32478-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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