From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 23 17:11:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57A0237B401 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:11:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.eskimo.com (mx1.eskimo.com [204.122.16.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22E5643E42 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:11:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ripper@eskimo.com) Received: from eskimo.com (ripper@eskimo.com [204.122.16.13]) by mx1.eskimo.com (8.9.1a/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA02876; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:11:19 -0700 Received: (from ripper@localhost) by eskimo.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id RAA06954; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:11:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:11:19 -0700 From: Ross Lippert To: JoeB Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trying to get a fresh install Message-ID: <20021023171119.B6258@eskimo.eskimo.com> References: <20021023165019.B4810@eskimo.eskimo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from barbish@a1poweruser.com on Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 08:04:12PM -0400 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.eskimo.com/~ripper Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I don't have an msdos disk. I have no windows or msdos at home. -r On Wednesday, 23 October 2002 at 20:04:12 -0400, JoeB wrote: > Use msdos fdisk, repartition disk and format it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ross > Lippert > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:50 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: trying to get a fresh install > > Hi. > > I'm trying to make a fresh install on a computer which had > 4.6 on it (installing 4.7) and for some reason, although the > NEWFS=Y in every row of the disklabel dialog, I am seeing clear > signs that sysinstall is reading my old /var/db/pkg info among > other things. > > This indicates to me that the newfs was somehow incomplete. It > is certainly possible that the disklabel partitions are just > identicle enough that it would line up correctly. I do find it > very disconcerting that this happens. > > How do I get newfs "for real"? This is an ugly mess. > > > -r > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message