Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 18:09:41 -0500 From: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: Adrian Fisher <mobiletiw@fishersinter.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation problems Message-ID: <oprx09afpg0cf2rk@mail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <3FA55C4F.1040006@fishersinter.net> References: <3FA55C4F.1040006@fishersinter.net>
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On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 19:34:39 +0000, Adrian Fisher <mobiletiw@fishersinter.net> wrote: > Please note I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.1 onto a blank system. The > system is a Soltek Cubic system with an Athlon 2600+, 512MB DDR RAM, DVD > drive and CD-R/W as well as an 80GB HDD and a 40GB one. > > I have followed the instructions in the book I bought (FreeBSD > Unleashed) to the letter but still cannot complete a full installation. > I get no error messages at all but still find the installation does not > complete as I cannot get it to install a boot record so I have not been > able to get it to boot from the HDD. What is wrong? I have tried with > both the CD from the book and also an image I downloaded from the net. What do you see when you try to reboot? What do you choose (and *exactly* how) at the point in the installation where you are asked whether you want to install the FreeBSD bootloader? What is installed on your hard drives at the moment? Jud
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