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Date:      Mon, 25 Mar 1996 22:53:43 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Duane Ferrell <duane.ferrell@imsday.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960325225241.236E-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <31560505.3010@imsday.com>

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On Sun, 24 Mar 1996, Duane Ferrell wrote:

> Hi, 
> 	Just a simple and probably stupid question. Here's the scenario: I 
> just installed FreeBSD on a 486-33 with 8 megs RAM. I can't make directories, 
> copy or do anything because it tells me I have a read only file system. I 
> messed around with chmod but couldn't get it to change anything. Shoud I have 
> done something different during installation? Also I do get one error when 
> booting up or trying to exit:
> 		swapon: not found
> 		skipping disks checks ...
> 		pid 220: mount: uid0: exiting on signal 11
> 		Memory fault
> 		filesystem mount failed, startup aborted

Hm.  Looks like a botched install, specifically in the disklabel 
section.  Did you forget to mark the b partition as 'swap'?

I would delete the FreeBSD partition and try reinstalling, making sure 
the appropriate mountpoints are specified in disklabel.

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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