Date: 28 Oct 2001 18:32:53 -0800 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: "lam_andy" <lam_andy@LNMTA.bentley.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation Message-ID: <xfk7xffa5m.7xf@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <3BD9DFCE@webmail.bentley.edu> References: <3BD9DFCE@webmail.bentley.edu>
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"lam_andy" <lam_andy@LNMTA.bentley.edu> writes: > I did the installation by doing the cd-rom boot. Partition for BSD was > created, the status was set to active and bootable( "CA"), partition type 3, > subtype 165. I'm not familiar with "type/subtype"; only "type" and 165 is it for FreeBSD. Maybe that "3" is the primary partition number (1, 2, 3 or 4). But otherwise, OK. > Inside the BSD partition, I used the auto Default for all. > I set / for 20MB UFS Y > /var for 50MB UFS Y > /usr for "the rest of the space" UFS Y > also a SWAP is there > > I installed the boot manager. Looks OK. (I would probably double or triple that / size, but that's OK and your error msg below indicates a different problem.) > I selected the x-user installations and it did say it completed, but when i > select all the distributions, it says installation completed but with errors. That's unclear to me. I assume your first install failed for lack of disk space and your second one seemed to succeed after you asked for less software to be installed. > When I boot up my laptop the boot manager does come up and allow me to select > the OS. When I choose BSD, i get the error "NO / KERNAL" (boot: -v). The install obviously failed. Not much to go on here. Most likely some partitioning/disk-related problem. Is "/" fully inside the first 1024 disk cylinders? (Maybe that's no longer required - I've forgotten.) Can you get a boot prompt and play with the boot commands? (Eg, "?" and whatever the "list" command is to see if there is a root directory that would normally hold the file named "kernel" (and other things).) Sorry I can't say more. If you don't figure it out on your own, try posting again and maybe give more info if you have it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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