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Date:      Thu, 18 Apr 1996 18:52:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        silvia griswold <griswold@ix.netcom.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960418184834.18923A-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199604171754.KAA03282@dfw-ix3.ix.netcom.com>

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On Wed, 17 Apr 1996, silvia griswold wrote:

> install many times but something is not going wrong so thanks for any 
> help. My system is a Pentium 90 MHz, 16 MB ram, Video Card Hercules 
> Stingray 64 with 2 MB, 2 hard disks (HD) : the master is a IBM 1.08 GB 
> and the slave,is where i installed the freebsd,is a Western Digital 850 
> MB.

OK.

>     I copied the CD-ROM to my first HD ( yes, the whole CD because i 
> was with more than 700 MB free ) and did the Novice install taking all 
> the second HD using the A (All) option in the fdisk using the defaults 
> and I also mounted after that. After the installation and the system 
> boots and  comes these messages:

Why couldn't you install from the CDROM?  What kind of CD is it?

> swapon : /dev/wd1s1b: Device not configured
> Automatic reboot in progress ...
> Can't open /dev/rwd1a: Device not configured
>  /dev/rwd1a: CAN'T CHECK FILE SYSTEM
>  /dev/rwd1a: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY: Run fsck MANUALLY
> Automatic file system check failed... help!
> Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh:
> 
>     So I run fsck and the system said:
> Can't open /dev/rwd1a: Device not configured   
> Can't open /dev/rwd1s1f: Device not configured  
> Can't open /dev/rwd1s1e: Device not configured   

Somehow the disk devices weren't created.  You will probably need to 
reinstall.  I wonder if you are doing something wrong during the install.

>     I tried to install using others configurations such as creating one 
> partition for file system and one swap and mounted the file system but 
> the same thing happened.

What are you putting into fdisk and disklabel?  Maybe a transcript of 
what you're doing would be helpful.

>     When the system boot I tried the -c option and tried to configure 
> but didn't help.

If you're installing, then the devices are getting probed and -c won't help.

>     What I should do in the installation to have the 2 HD and choose 
> the operating system that I wanna boot ? Can the FreeBSD manage this 
> from the slave HD ? How ?

Specify wd1 and use the whole disk.  Then install the Boot Manager (if 
you are NOT running a BIOS translator like Ontrack Disk Manager).  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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