Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 19:15:02 -0700 From: "freebsd" <george@vagner.com> To: "brent" <blinklabs@yahoo.com>, "Freebsd-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: help (system detail) Message-ID: <003c01c1b36b$17177390$0400a8c0@thunderbird> References: <FAEPLJFEAHECCFEPCFOHOEDACCAA.blinklabs@yahoo.com>
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what kind of cd-rom drivee are you using
scsi or ide and brand name?
just asking cause I have been seeing some problems
with plextor ts40x ? drives
----- Original Message -----
From: "brent" <blinklabs@yahoo.com>
To: "Freebsd-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 6:40 PM
Subject: help (system detail)
> maxtor 60 gig ultra ata 30 90 M Ram
>
> i partitioned it as follows
> 30 gig FreeBSD partition 30 gig DOS (windows is NOT installed or ever has
> been)
> 500M /
> 500M swap
> 1 G /
> 1 G /var
> 250M /tmp
> 1 G /usr
> 1 G /home
>
> I am installing from a cd, (i bought it so i know it is not a screwed up
> image) the cd boots up fine and begins the install.
> I check my irq settings and hardware, they are all detected correctly.
When
> i install i select the ALL option to install
> everything, including the ports. The process will begin to run and then
will
> crash due to kernal panic and different times
> of the install. i suspected at first that it was because my swap partition
> was not large enough, so i increased the size. this did not work when i
> tried to install again. i wiped the drive and attempted to install again
> with the ALL option, and it worked. (i got to the menu that says
congrats).
> i did not choose to configure any options past this point partly because i
> wanted to make sure it worked and partly because i wanted to learn how to
do
> it all manually. i rebooted the machine, and signed in as root. i then
went
> to sysinstall and tried to add Gnome with Sawfish. The package began the
> install and copying files, then suddenly crashed due to a kernel panic. i
> should say that i tried to run startx and i got several errors ("execve
> failed for /usr/X1186/bin X (errno 2) "followed by a several lines of
> "_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno =2) thats all i can
really
> think to tell you all. thanks for looking this over!
>
>
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