From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 28 23:59:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA26304 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 28 Apr 1996 23:59:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA26298 for ; Sun, 28 Apr 1996 23:59:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id AAA13987; Mon, 29 Apr 1996 00:02:44 -0700 Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 00:02:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Amooooo@aol.com cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: need help In-Reply-To: <960428211020_523880456@emout19.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 28 Apr 1996 Amooooo@aol.com wrote: > Got this msg what does it mean and any hints to slove the problem. > "unable to make new root file system on/devrw0a! Command return status 36 System specs? Some more information (perhaps some of the events leading up to the error) would be helpful. My initial guess is that you're trying to install over a failed installation. You have to wipe the partition out first. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major