From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Aug 28 2:36:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from namaste.cc.columbia.edu (namaste.cc.columbia.edu [128.59.35.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB4D9151E7 for ; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 02:36:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mew20@columbia.edu) Received: from matt-s-ibm (mwong.i002.law.columbia.edu [128.59.136.51]) by namaste.cc.columbia.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id FAA09715 for ; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 05:35:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990828053523.0086bc00@imap.columbia.edu> X-Sender: mew20@imap.columbia.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 05:35:23 +0800 To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org From: Pluto Relay Subject: read-only?? install problem Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, Since the FreeBSD books with CD's are backed up 3-5 weeks, I tried to install it using floppies (on a Dell PowerEdge 2300, with 2 SCSI HDs on an Adaptec AIC-7890). After installing "bin", I had some problem that it couldn't write to the /etc directory ("the commit operation completed with errors. Not updating /etc files"). Now when I boot up (from the hard disk), it always goes to the installation program, and I can't get a command line prompt. Whenever I try to do something in the install program, I get the error "Couldn't create directory /tmp/doc.: Read-only file system" or something similar. I've tried to find information on this subject but have come up with nothing. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message