From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 9 00:02:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA05266 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:02:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA05038 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:00:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA03985; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:00:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:00:26 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Michael Hoelscher cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie Install to former NT Server box - questions In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980306151950.007e6d30@ctc.ctc.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Michael Hoelscher wrote: > I'm installing FreeBSD [via FTP] for the first time, on a former NT > Server box [Micron PPro200, single CPU, IDE, Dec NIC]. > The boot.flp seemed to find all hardware no problem. OK so far. > 1] While trying to install first time I selected partition A(ll) to FreeBSD, > then tried to continue with Novice install. It would repeatedly just > toss me back to the main install selection menu, with no error message. Odd. Press ALT-F2 and see what's up. Don't forget to use to select checkboxes, not . > I then chose the "maintain DOS compatibility" option, and got same results. > Went to Custom install, A(ll) to FreeBSD, and installer started writing the > partition info, them gave me a "panic...can't continue without my init", > then a "sync'ing" message, then died. Is this a WinNT-caused issue? I doubt it; the above playing may have confused sysinstall. If you are having problems with programs giving Signal 11s, you may have bad memory. > Went to Custom, "maintain DOS compatibiity", and this time it started > actually installing from FTP. Left the machine working at about 7:30pm > last nite. This morning found the install frozen at "178176 bytes read > from X331I128 dist @ 7.9kb" during "Extracting X331I128 into /usr/X11R6 > directory". Again, press ALT-F2 and see what jammed. The FTP probably quit when you lost your connection to your ISP. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message