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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Somehow the first line of text got put into the To: line. :-/ 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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