Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 13:51:22 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> Subject: Re: a new hard-drive in a 2y/o laptop Message-ID: <AANLkTin7d%2BK9KT9K5MCVLodfnAFUpEHw8NRWGWVRJtxu@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=v4vnWD-qwa3oLzP72wTes4hbD-V3zpVH%2BeNWw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20101229120038.3DFB0106591A@hub.freebsd.org> <20101230133126.O36121@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <AANLkTinCZuupW%2BGFMeL70nPO90tZAAJNj8g0SaOztsR3@mail.gmail.com> <20101231105353.S36121@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <AANLkTinSbE8d=iYES78GJmYO2PyOAGHMjwQ%2B2HT45yxc@mail.gmail.com> <20110102102255.00004f57@unknown> <20110102230702.N49334@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20110103022619.O49334@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <AANLkTimkCdtULT9jfNtwKcfxF8R-TQ_j=qZgS-Y-YGfu@mail.gmail.com> <20110104143245.P49334@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <AANLkTi=Aqh4cpmdkHx1QsTyoYh7nhinEfDUuPO3fUAh5@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101041840310.14633@wonkity.com> <20110105152725.U49334@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <AANLkTinfVLGomOj-Nanvr4sgei-p=HQ9-Mh0rXQQ7E%2Bw@mail.gmail.com> <20110106160720.B49334@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <AANLkTimXQXmk2t8xBN1H7fWkyNo%2BFyasU8KaSeakpnUJ@mail.gmail.com> <20110106230849.H49334@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <AANLkTi=v4vnWD-qwa3oLzP72wTes4hbD-V3zpVH%2BeNWw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>wrote: > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote: > >> Adam, I think you may have missed a lot from the earlier messages in >> this thread. Admittedly it's long and likely tedious, but trying to >> help somebody get the OS installed is about as basic as it gets for me; >> I'd be hugely relieved if someone with more / better clues took it on. >> > > Actually, I've been following every post since the thread's inception. > Despite your listing of generally good advice, the most obvious cause theis > error msg(of an admitted newbie) was not explicitly ruled out. I'm simply > saying you should start there. > > >> Chris has this issue with one disk only, so I'm not sure what you mean? >> > > Earlier in the thread, the OP stated he tried to install on a Micro SD card > and got the exact same result. > I see now the SD Card was not the install target, but regarding the the original point to OP was able to preform other normal operations on the card eg different FS. I don't really think the OP was pressing W initially which is why I didn't say anything earlier, just saying it's worth a check. -- Adam Vande More
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