Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 20:52:09 -0700 From: "Michael MacKinnon" <mackinnon.m@home.com> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Install Hell... Message-ID: <010601bfb8a0$c8ee45c0$92597318@rct1.bc.wave.home.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi there, I've been trying to install FreeBSD for about two weeks now, and I've been having absolutely no luck whatsoever. I'm trying to install version 3.1 from the Walnut Grove CDs. Everything appears to go just fine until it tries to set up the files system (when it uses the newfs command). Then I get page faults, lockups, and reboots (oh my!). Any changes I try to make just seem to leave me with a different error in the same place. I've even tried to install Linux and it fails on the filesystem,too. Any ideas? Details on my system: Celeron 466 Award BIOS 32MB RAM ATAPI CD-ROM / DVD player (Pioneer) 10 Gig Western Digital HD (also tried a Maxtor 4Gig and a Maxtor 400MB) Extra question: should I use LBA, Normal, or Large in the BIOS? Thanks for any help... Michael MacKinnon [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi there, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I've been trying to install FreeBSD for about two weeks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>now, and I've been having absolutely no luck whatsoever.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'm trying to install version 3.1 from the Walnut Grove CDs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Everything appears to go just fine until it tries to set up </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>the files system (when it uses the newfs command).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Then I get page faults, lockups, and reboots (oh my!).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any changes I try to make just seem to leave me with a different error </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>in the same place.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I've even tried to install Linux and it fails on the filesystem,too.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Any ideas?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Details on my system:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Celeron 466</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Award BIOS</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>32MB RAM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>ATAPI CD-ROM / DVD player (Pioneer)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>10 Gig Western Digital HD</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>(also tried a Maxtor 4Gig and a Maxtor 400MB)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Extra question:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>should I use LBA, Normal, or Large in the BIOS?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for any help...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Michael MacKinnon</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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