From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 17 6:36:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sky.net (solar.sky.net [209.90.0.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1622414C9D for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 06:36:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fishpond@sky.net) Received: from crr (ts-1-ip52.kc.sky.net [209.90.4.116]) by sky.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA09856 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:36:24 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <002701bf60f9$0fad44c0$0a01a8c0@aristocratmotors.com> From: "carl reinecke" To: Subject: Help w/ install Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:42:18 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0024_01BF60C6.C302E080" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01BF60C6.C302E080 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I downloaded the the two floppy programs,(FreeBSD 3.3 kern.flp, = mfsboot.flp) and followed install instructions. All seems to go well until I'm told I need to set the time zone; It goes = to the next step without giving the opportunity to set it. Same thing with setting up root. Then it allows me to set up other users, but when I complete one I get = an error message; "pw has encountered an unexpected status 99" and = dosn't take any data. System is a 586/133 w/16MB 520MB hard Drive I'm new to unix but not PCs Thanks for any help! Carl You don't know, What you don't know! ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01BF60C6.C302E080 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,
 
I downloaded the the two floppy programs,(FreeBSD = 3.3=20 kern.flp, mfsboot.flp)
 and followed install = instructions.
 
All seems to go well until I'm told I need to set = the time=20 zone; It goes to the next step without  giving the opportunity to = set=20 it.
 
Same thing with setting up root.
 
Then it allows me to set up other users, but when I = complete=20 one I get an error message; "pw has encountered an unexpected status 99" = and=20 dosn't take any data.
 
System is a 586/133 w/16MB 520MB hard = Drive
 
I'm new to unix but not PCs
 
Thanks for any help!
 
Carl
 
 
You don't know,
What you don't=20 know!
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